Water is often considered the bases of life, but what properties of water give it such unique and beneficial characteristics to promote life? A few of these properties include: water in the solid state is less dense than in its liquid state, water has a large surface tension, and water is a polar molecule. Properties like these three make life possible.
Floating ice seems normally to most people, but if one takes the time to actually stop and examine why ice floats they would discover something very unique about water molecules. Unlike most liquids, water expands when it becomes solid.…
