Water can act as either a base or an acid. Water acts as an acid by donating a hydrogen ion when it reacts with a stronger base such as sodium hydroxide. Water may also act as a base when it accepts hydrogen ion when reacting with a strong acid such as hydrochloric acid. This is based on Bronsted concept and definition of a base ( proton acceptor) and acid (proton donor). Such a compound that can act as a base and as an acid is called an amphiprotic molecule.
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during the Cambrian Period of the Paleozoic Era.
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The Paleozoic is the earliest era (of three) of the Phanerozoic Eon and is composed of six geologic periods: the Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian (in that order from earliest to the latest). Fish first appeared about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion.
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Botanically, mosses are non-vascular plants