Water can dissolve other substances. Which factor best contributes to this property of water?

A. Water is made up of ionic bonds.

B. Water has weak intermolecular forces.

C. Water is denser than most substances.

D. Water particles are not fixed in place.

Water is known to be the universal solvent because it can mostly dissolve most of the substances. The reason behind its solvability is the bonding of intermolecular forces of attraction. The answer is letter B. Out of the many bondings between molecules, the bond that governs water is H bonding or hydrogen bonding. Water is composed mostly of two atoms of hydrogen one atom of oxygen. Both the hydrogen and oxygen are polar elements and hydrogen is bounded with a high electronegativity oxygen atom.

Water is able to dissolve other substances because of weak intermolecular forces.

Answer: B