Water is indispensable for life.

(a) All the essential substances in living organisms are solutes dissolved in water and transported from one place to another.

(b) Specific heat is the amount of heat required to increase the temperature of one gram of matter by one degree rise in temperature

(c) Surface tension is the cohesion of the water molecules on the fluid surface of occupying the least volume. Viscosity is the resistance of a fluid to flowing water.

(d) Water expands when its temperature becomes lesser than 4◦C. This decreases its density and making ice float.

(e) Water rises in capillary tubes which is a property that helps transport of water from roots of the plants to other parts of the plant.