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what are biological significance of water to living organisms

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  • Water helps in dispersal of seeds, gametes and larval stages of aquatic organism and also fertilization by swimming gametes
  • It also helps in germination of seeds by swelling and breaking open of testa and further development
  • Helps in osmosis and turgidity which results in cell growth
  • Helps in transpiration in plants
  • Helps is osmoregulation in animals such as cooling by evaporation such as sweating and panting
  • Water also helps in support mechanism, for example in annelida, water acts as hydrostatic skeleton
  • Water also helps in protection. For example lacrimal fluids, mucus


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