How does water relate to the ability of a living thing to generate usable energy? Water is a polar molecule. Water is responsible for the generation of energy in the cell.
Without the proper balance of water, chemical reactions in cells could not take place.

Directions: read the descriptions of the four islands presented in the lesson. 1. list two new traits that each new species of rat might demonstrate as it adapts to the conditions on each island. 2. introduce one of the four new rat species to another island and describe one challenge it would encounter and one success as it adapts to its new environment.