Water is Essential to Life
Water is the most important substance in our evolution and our daily lives. Without water, life as we know it would not have been possible. It’s important to understand and examine the water molecule in order to ascertain how it brought about Earth’s thriving ecosystem and how important it is for us today. Water is a strong solvent, it’s a very unique molecule that can breaks and reforms constantly. Each water molecule consists of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. The oxygen atom also called the “apex of the water molecule”, bears a slight electronegative charge while hydrogen possesses a more positive one. Because of the opposite charges attract, the water molecules are drawn together. When an oxygen atom is linked to a molecule’s hydrogen atom, a bond called a hydrogen bond is formed. There are several types of water molecule such as liquid water, ice and water vapour. These are all as important as we need in our daily lives. In a liquid form of water, it has no such spaces because hydrogen bonds constantly break and reforms. Thus ice is stable hydrogen bonds that bonded together, it’s less dense and will float on liquid water.
