Question

Which of the following is a property of water?

Answer 1

Your answer is "all of the above".

Answer 2

Answer: Option (d) is the correct answer.

Explanation:

A molecule of water $(H_{2}O)$ has two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. Since oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen so, it will attract the electrons from hydrogen atom towards itself.

As a result, a partial positive charge will develop on hydrogen atom and a partial negative charge will develop on oxygen atom. Therefore, a molecule of water will become polar in nature.

Being polar in nature, water is able to dissolve many polar molecules. Thus, acts as a universal solvent.

Whereas water is able to absorb heat and changes into vapor state. Whereas it is also able to release energy and thus changes into ice.

        $soild (ice) \rightleftharpoons liquid \rightleftharpoons gas (vapor)$  

Hence, we can conclude that all of the above are properties of water.