"Water is the basis of life on our planet"

May 27, 2024, teachers of the Department of Biophysics, Biomedicine and Neurosciences Kazakbaeva A.Sh. 1st year students of specialty 6B05108-Neurosciences held an event on the topic “Water is the basis of life on our planet.” If we pay attention to this simple principle, we can find many facts about water hardness. Water is part of all living things in nature. Most plants are 80-95% water. The human and animal body contains a lot of water. More than half of the human body's weight is water. It is part of the blood, digestive juices and saliva. A person weighing 70 kg has 50 kg of water in his body. If her weight decreases by 17 kg, the person will die. A person can live without water for only a week. Water is part of the body of all plants and animals. When 1. kg of watermelon is dried, only 20 g of dry matter remains, that is, 98 percent is water. If we say that 65 percent of a person’s weight is water, then if 10-20 percent of it is lost, life will remain. stop. Water dissolves various substances and is therefore necessary for the absorption of foods. When water is present, many vital chemical reactions occur in the body. Water does its job even inside hard bones. It can be found in every cell of the body.