Answer:
The characteristic of water that helps regulate the temperature of the cells and maintain homeostasis is specific heat (Claim).
Explanation:
Specific heat is a physical property that is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise one gram of a substance by one degree Celsius. In the case of water, its specific heat is higher than that of other substances, being its value 4.186 joules/gram °C, or also 1 calorie/gram °C.
- Claim: The property of water that allows cells to regulate temperature and maintain homeostasis is specific heat.
- Evidence: a high specific heat value of water means that in bodies that possess this molecule in large quantities it is more difficult to raise the temperature
- Reasoning: Living beings are formed mostly by a high percentage of water, much of it in the intracellular compartment. The specific high heat of the water makes it difficult to have sudden changes in the internal temperature, even when the environmental temperature is high, which is a property of water that allows thermoregulation and maintains the balance or homeostasis.
