Water's Life-Supporting Properties Include All of the Following EXCEPT

question 85

Multiple Choice

Water's life-supporting properties include all of the following EXCEPT:

• A)high boiling point compatible with temperate extremes of summer allowing energy to be released through sweat
• B)protection from cold and damaging radiation by providing the matrix around which the cellular framework is constructed.
• C)high probability of bonding with nonpolar molecules
• D)ability to dissociate into OH^- and H⁺ units within the cell

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