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Why is water so important to life on earth? |
Water has a number of emergent properties that make it universally important to life. |
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What kind of bonds do the elements in water form? |
Polar covalent |
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How does water maintain its temperature? |
Water can absorb or release large amounts of heat because in it has a high specific heat capacity and therefore change less when it absorbs a given amount of heat. |
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In pure water what is the concentration of OH and H? |
10^-7 M |
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What is a buffer? |
A solution of acid and base pairs that maintains the pH levels within a system. When the pH increases, there is a shift to the right When the pH decreases, there is a shift to the left |
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What is the equation of pH? |
pH = -log [H^+] |
