Water's ___________ makes it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as well as other substances required by cells

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navik [9.2K]

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Water's ___________ makes it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as well as other substances required by cells

to carry out metabolic processes.

Biology

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alekssr [168] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-10T04:22:34+03:00

alekssr [168]3 years ago

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polarity goes in the blank.

faust18 [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-10T02:27:32+03:00

The correct answer is polarity. Water's polarity<span> makes it an excellent solvent for salts, like sodium chloride, as well as other substances required by cells to carry out metabolic processes.Water is known as universal solvent as it dissolves most of the substances. This is because of it chemical composition, a water molecule has one electronegative oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms as its constituents.</span>