Although the terms reactant and reagent are often used interchangeably, a reactant is more specifically a substance that is consumed in the course of a chemical reaction. Solvents, although they are involved in the reaction, are usually not referred to as reactants.
Animals that live in water, usually called aquatic animals, include fish, cetaceans, certain types of turtles and other reptiles, and amphibians. There are also a number of semiaquatic animals, such as alligators, hippopotamuses and penguins, that depend on and live in water most of the time. Continue Reading.
Water is also a kind of skeleton. It consists of tiny particles, the atoms, just like every other substance on earth. One of these atoms is called hydrogen and the other is called oxygen. As you probably know the air that we breathe also contains oxygen. One particle of water is called a molecule.