Which statement correctly describes a property of water that makes it particularly suited to support life on Earth? *

A) Water molecules combine to form long chains that serve as the backbones of most biological compounds.
B) Water dissociates into hydrogen and oxygen atoms inside cells, providing them with a vital source of nutrients.
C) Water is able to dissolve a variety of different substances and transport them to the cells of organisms.
D) Water has a high buffering capacity, allowing it to maintain a neutral pH even when substances are dissolved in it.

Water is a molecule formed by one atom of oxygen and two atoms of hydrogen joined by a covalent bond, because of it's polar nature it can dissolve a number of chemicals, minerals, and nutrients that actually support the survival of life forms on earth. Therefore, it is called as an universal solvent. It participates in several biochemical process that occur in the biological system of living beings such as diffusion, osmosis, transportation, digestion of food and others. Water is the chief ingredient of blood in animals and humans which transports gases through all over the body necessary for cellular metabolism.