NUTRITION
THE HUMAN BODY
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It is able to keep the ionic substance together and prevent a chemical reaction from occurring so that your body can get nutrients.
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It is able to absorb the ionic substance in a way that allows the positive ions to bond with the hydrogen and the negative ions to bond with the oxygen.
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It is able to easily dissolve them because the positive ions are attracted to the oxygen and the negative ions are attracted to the hydrogen.
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It is able to change the temperature of the ionic substance in a way that allows your body to take it in.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Water’s extensive capability to dissolve a variety of molecules has earned it the designation of “universal solvent, ‘’ and it is this ability that makes water such an invaluable life-sustaining force. On a biological level, water’s role as a solvent helps cells transport and use substances like oxygen or nutrients.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hydrogen Bonding Opposite electrical charges attract one another. Therefore, the positive part of one water molecule is attracted to the negative parts of other water molecules. Because of this attraction, bonds form between hydrogen and oxygen atoms of adjacent water molecules, as demonstrated in Figure 2.11.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a water molecule (H2O), the oxygen nucleus with +8 charges attracts electrons better than the hydrogen nucleus with its +1 charge. Hence, the oxygen atom is partially negatively charged and the hydrogen atom is partially positively charged.