The Importance Of Water

The Importance of Water All living things need water. The Earth is full of water. The problem is that people often live where there isnt enough of it, and they too often waste the water they do have. Humans and other creatures must drink water. But is has many other uses. People use water to bathe, to brush their teeth, to build structures such as houses and schools, and to make products from toothpaste and paper to clothing and bricks. People waste tons of water, and they dont even know it. People are wasteful. They leave the water on while brushing their teeth, take long showers, and use water to clean their driveways. That is really bad! There are many ways to save water instead of wasting it. People can turn off the faucet while
brushing their teeth and take much shorter showers. They can use a broom instead of a hose to clean their driveways. You can also save water by having a full load of laundry instead of putting just a few items of clothing in the washing machine. You can save 40 gallons of water by doing that! People need to change their wasteful bad habits, and that is a hard thing to do. But saving water is very important. I have recently learned a lot about water conservation in school. But I ve also been exposed to the need to conserve by spending all of my life so far in two states where water is in short supply: first California and the past nine months in New Mexico

The Importance Of Water In Ancient Societies

Response Essay Number One: The Importance of Water in Ancient Civilizations When life began there was water to help it grow and when life is over there will be water to end it. Water is a basic necessity that furnishes the plants for growth, replenishes mammal life, and is a constant reminder of life. In ancient complex river societies water provided a beginning and advancement opportunity in agriculture in that it cared for plants, provided for animals, replenished drinking water, and was a beacon for trade and vocation. One main use of water was providing fertile silt and fresh water for agriculture and planting necessary fruits and vegetables. Due to the excessive flooding and heavy rain falls that were common to the complex river societies in ancient Egypt, Asia, and Mesopotamia, much silt, or fine sediment perfect for planting, was accommodated in these areas. Also, the fresh water that was provided made it possible for the plants to grow properly unlike the ocean front towns that
relied on salt water to grow their plants. Overall, river societies were more capable of sustaining life and therefore building toward a future. Another perk to living near a river opposed to the ocean was the seemingly unending supply of drinking water. Unlike the ocean societies, who had to find ways to filter water, import water from river societies, or dehydrate by drinking salt water, the complex river societies were able to easily obtain an unlimited supply of drinking water for their family and friends. They built complex wells and also had

men who worked in the rivers and created a system for easily and quickly getting the water out of the river by hand. By having available drinking water the people of these societies were able to remain healthy and live longer. The unlimited supply of drinking water and fresh crispy crops were not only for the people of these river societies however. The animal and marine life flourished over the abundance of food...

The Importance Of Water In Living Organisms

Water has importance inside cells and externally. This may be because it has interesting chemical and physical properties; it can be found naturally in all three of its states. However its molecules are bonded together by hydrogen bonds, this raises its melting and boiling points, i.e. its boiling point would be -120C rather than 100C. Also because it contains slightly negatively charged oxygen atoms and slightly positively charged hydrogen atoms making it polar. Water has been called a universal solvent because of it polarity. This means it can easily ionise substances, Many compounds, whether ionic, polar or covalent will dissolve in it, therefore more reactions take place while in solution with water. Often in organisms substances must be in solution and water is the solvent. Plants can only obtain mineral salts in solution and human digestion will only dissolve soluble foods, meaning large starch molecules must be broken down into soluble sugars. Also many organisms living in water spend most of their time underwater, yet
they require oxygen to respire, and as water is such a good solvent the required oxygen gas is dissolved in the water. Water is the most abundant component in any organism, the lowest is 20% in seeds, while jellyfish are 99% (hence the transparency). It plays vital roles in the metabolism of all cells and in photosynthesis (providing raw materials) in plant cells. In all cells water is used for; hydrolysis, the breakdown of a substance by water, e.g. polysaccharides to monosaccharides, forming a glycosidic bond; a medium for chemical reactions, due to its properties as a solvent; the diffusion and osmosis of substances, e.g. gaseous exchange, which need to be moist as the exchange takes place in solution, therefore there is water in the lungs or in mesophyll cells (in plants) . It is also used on a much larger scale for transport. Blood is mostly water, and is used to transport food, hormones, waste products (ammonia and urea) and...