Properties of Water That Render It So Suited to Its

question 32

Multiple Choice

Properties of water that render it so suited to its role as a medium of life include all EXCEPT:

• A) Unrivaled ability to form hydrogen bonds.
• B) Unusually high dielectric constant of water explains water's ability to surround ions and increase the ions' attraction for one another.
• C) Unparalleled ability to orient around nonpolar solutes to promote hydrophobic interactions.
• D) The small, but significant, tendency to form H⁺ and OH− ions.
• E) None, all are true.

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