You can work together as a class and share your ideas. By clicking on one of the worksheets below you will enter a page where you can remotely share your questions and ideas. Please enter the question as it is worded on the worksheet so people can find the answer quickly. Thanks. (The words in bold are key words in the titles of the worksheets.) You can see an example of an asynchronous discussion forum at this link.
General Questions about WaterPhysics and Chemistry of Water
- Properties of Water
- Cohesion and Adhesion of water
- Surface Tension
- Specific Heat of water
- Heat of Vaporization
- Ice
- Salinity
- Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Molecules
- Water as a Solvent
- pH
- Color of water
Metabolism and Water
- Metabolism and Water
- Polmers and Water
- Metabolic Water or Water of Oxidation
- Lipids
- Prostaglandins
- Energy in Fats
- Other Organic Molecules: Carbohydrates, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
- Diapause State
- Photosynthesis
Origin of Life
Water Skeletons
Movement of Fluids in Living Systems
- Passive Transport of Fluids
- Plant Transport
- Xylem Bulk Flow of Fluids
- Phloem Bulk Flow of Fluids
- Fluid Movement in Living Organisms
- Fluid Pumps
Adaptations to Water Stress
- General Adaptations of Plants and Animals
- Animals
- Plants
Water and Reproduction
Excretion and Water Balance
- Osmotic Regulation
- Vacuoles
- Proto- and Metanephridia
- Nephrons
- Accessory Excretory Organs
Ecology and Water