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Why is the high boiling point of water important to human life?

It's one of the six properties of water.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    I'd imagine that if it were close to 40C some of us would boil over if we got the fever!

    Don't forget that humans are mostly made up of water.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well, if the boiling point was low, then the water could boil inside of us on a hot summer day. That'd be a terrible, terrible, death.

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