Water has a number of unique properties that sets it apart from other substances, sometimes called the "anomalies of water." The most commonly recognized anomalies are:
- The match between the range of temperatures of liquid water and the "normal" temperatures on earth.
- Water's high specific heat (and therefore water's good coolant/"temperature buffer" properties).
- Water's "universal solvent" properties (ability to dissolve a wide range of different substances).
- The lower density of ice vs. liquid water (the fact that water "expands when freezing").
- Water's high cohesion and high surface tension (its property of "sticking together" strongly, forming droplets and making water surface resist being stretched or broken).
Pick 1 of these properties and learn more about how it can be explained from the viewpoint of attraction forces between molecules and/or other physical properties of water, as well as the significance of these properties for life on earth.
Based on the information you have learned, write a thread about 1 of the anomalies, referencing your sources and address the following points:
- How is the anomaly explained from the viewpoint of the properties of water molecules (if it is relatively clear)?
- What is the significance of these properties for life on earth? Or, what is the significance for the functioning of the human body?
- How does this property of water reflect (or play into) God's design of earth and life?