Water
Made by: Gaby Landreth
What is water made of?
- a water molecule is made up of three atoms (two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom)
What does water do?
- Water does several things for small animals.
- it helps the animals break down all the nutrients in the body.
- helps keep the animal hydrated.
- also helping get rid of metabolic wastes.
Sources.
- animals that are kept in captivity they can get water from their care taker.
- but animals that live in the wild would have to get it on their own from things such as; a river, ditch, dew on leaves, after it rains they could find it basically anywhere.
Deficiencies
- Dehydration: dry mouth, sunken eyes, week and rapid pulse, rapid and shallow breathing and coma.