Water Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology

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To get a better idea about the importance of water and why it is one of the most important substances in the universe, I enjoyed this video on YouTube called Water – Liquid Awesome: Crash Course Biology #2. We can start by expressing that it is important to know that water is the only substance on our plant that occurs naturally in solid, liquid and gas forms. All life on earth is dependent on there being water. Water (H2O) is a covalent bond which is made up for two hydrogens and one oxygen. Water has a different, almost special type of bond, called a polar covalent bond. It’s also important to know that hydrogen bonds stick together, the positive pole around the hydrogen atoms bond to the negative pole around the oxygen atom bonds, this bonds

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