Please tell me why cells need water... i need to know within the next 30 minutes! i need to go to bed and I need to know!
2006-10-08 17:13:24 · 9 answers · asked by ♥Maddie♥ 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
ok I dont speak english very good but here I go the cell is made (very roughly xplained) by the nucleum, the citoplasm (think an egg the withe is the citoplasm) and that important part is made almost of water ( they also have gogli aparat,centriosoms, mitocondrias, and stuff that I dont remember) the cell needs the water to transport and procces of the nutrients, if you are dehidrated the cell wont have enough water to make the nutrients circule and they can produce to many sugar or dont do their functions)
sorry is the best I can do without a better medical vocabulary in english I hope this helps
2006-10-08 17:23:33 · answer #1 · answered by lil princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water is the basis of life,it is called the universal solvent.It dissolves about 98% of all the substances present on the earth.
In a cell many minerals,molecules and substances remain dissolved in water.The cytoplasm is also made up of more than 80% water.Water ions also help in the movement of molecules across the cell membrane.
In short an anaerobic cell can survive without oxygen but survival without water is impossible.
2006-10-09 05:49:02 · answer #2 · answered by naheed 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If a cell gets dehydrated...all cell function stops. There are MULTIPLE reasons cells need water. Water is a necessity for certain reations to take place, certain enzymes to work, osmosis so concentrations of solutes don't get to high, and multiple other reasons.
My best suggestion to you is to look it up online to get all of the reasons in some sort of detail because it would take a long time to describe it all....
2006-10-09 00:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by purduetigger 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the stuff inside our cells have no means of propulsion. they need to interact like a soup. the water pressure inside the cell also give the cell the structure
2006-10-09 01:26:13 · answer #4 · answered by breastfed43 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most vital reaction carried out within the cell necessitate water, no water means no function means no life = death
2006-10-09 00:16:04 · answer #5 · answered by Yacine B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without water cells will dehydrate and die. Cells get their hydration and nutritients from water.
2006-10-09 00:29:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Homeostasis
2006-10-09 00:29:49 · answer #7 · answered by QuiteNewHere 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without water, cells would not be able to perform osmosis.
2006-10-09 00:24:47 · answer #8 · answered by Jaques S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without water the cell will die. Pure and simple. :)
2006-10-09 00:25:23 · answer #9 · answered by the_green_grass_horse 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋