Question

3. The properties of water and aqueous solutions. The role of water and solutions in life.

Answer 1

Water:

Water is very essential for human beings or i should say all living beings. Without water we can't survive. Our body contains 70% water. Even 10% deficiency of water can lead to death.

Water is also called as universal solvent. Water can dissolve almost everything in it. And the solutions made in water are known as aqueous solutions. For example, if we dissolve salt in water, then it is aqueous solution of salt.

Water is transparent in nature. But aqueous solution can be coloured. It depends upon solute.

Solutions are also very important in life. For example, syrups. Syrups are also solutions. There are many more examples like we drink tea. It is also a solution. When a person feels weakness, glucose that is given to patient is also in the form of solution. So we can say water and solutions have very important role in life.