WATER PARADOX
What is the paradox about?
The origin of life.
What is ammonia?
A possible alternative to water. (Although highly toxic.)
No. It is highly toxic.
Why is water important for life on Earth? (Name three reasons from the video)
[Naming any three from the following list will get you the point:]
Cleansing, growing (agriculture), universal solvent, essential for survival, present in 70% of our bodies, helps maintain our bodies, degrade unnecessary molecules.
Which substance degrades the formation of DNA?
Water.
Can we survive off ammonia?
No.
In space.
Who is Deepika Kurup?
An inventor and clean water activist.
What did people think of the origin of life in the 1920s?
(Finish the sentence:) "It can be highly toxic in certain ...
Amounts, temperatures and forms."
Who is Autumn Peltier?
An Indigenous water activist/protector.
Which substance is more likely to NOT degrade the formation of life? (Ammonia or formamide?)
Formamide.
Where did the ammonia leak happen?
The ISS (International Space Station).
Is formamide more similar to ammonia or water?
Which culture (in Canada) respects water highly?
First Nations peoples.