Enunciado
Match the statements with a property of water in the key.
KEY:
- Water flows because it is cohesive.
- Water holds its heat.
- Water has neutral pH.
- Water has a high heat of vaporization.
Our blood is composed mostly of water and cells.
Solución Paso a Paso
Verificado
Paso 1 1 de 4
The blood is composed of cells and water. The cohesive forces and adhesive forces among them are responsible for a uniform flow of the fluid. There exist cohesive forces among water molecules, due to hydrogen bonding, that holds them together.
Paso 2 2 de 4
The free flow of blood is thus, aided by the cohesive nature of water molecules. The same property is also responsible for liquid nature, at the atmospheric and pressure conditions on the earth.
Paso 3 3 de 4
Thus, the option, for, the blood is composed mostly of water and ions is, (a), water flows because it is cohesive.
Resultado 4 de 4
$$\boxed{(a) \text{Water flows because it is cohesive}}$$