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Super Water! (Properties of Water)
By Trista L. Pollard |
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1 Look on the ground! It's a liquid! It's an earth material! It's water! Water, the most important substance that comes from the earth, has many observable properties that make it one of the most amazing liquids known to mankind. Not only is it necessary for the survival of humans and animals, but also it is one of the few liquids that can dissolve many different types of solids. Since water dissolves certain substances so well, pure water exists very rarely in nature. Due to this major characteristic, scientists call water a universal solvent. Most natural water carries dissolved solids like salt. Water is also the only material that is found naturally on the Earth's surface in all three states of matter: liquid, solid, and gas. Let's take a look at water's many properties.