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Water is important for the body of animals?

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Reproduction
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Keeping the body cooled
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Working as solvent
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All of the above
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Solution

The correct option is A All of the above
  • Water is an very important liquid present in the living world. Life has began in the water and the living organism cannot part from the water. They depend on water in major ways to continue their bodies major function.
  • 70% of the animal body is made up of water. It helps in maintaining or maintains many functions of the body. Such as digestion and absorption of food which take place in the alimentary canal where the digested food is broken down with the help of water molecules into small absorbable component. Also after digestion some of the nutrients are absorbs along with water in the digestive tract.
  • As water itself talks long time to change its temperature compared to its surrounding it also helps in maintaining body temperature as the body is made up of 70% water and so the temperature of body is maintained. Where as the process of sweating and transpiration also release water to cool of the body when ever the temperature of body rises.
  • Water is known to be an universal solvent as it can solve any polar solute such as salt, sugar, gases etc in the water, water molecule also form electrostatic bonds with ions who are partially soluble in pure water. Non polar solute are very poorly soluble in water.
  • Also water is an important medium for reproduction. As the gametes that are required for the sexual reproduction cannot be produced with the water medium.
  • Water works as the shock absorber for the brain and the spinal cord and protects them from the mechanical shock. As water is present in the fluid surrounding these organs.
  • Therefore water is required for one function or the other in the body.
  • Therefore the correct answer is option D

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