2. Water is an excellent solvent. With water being a polar molecule, it can be an especially strong solvent for other
polar molecules. Give an example of how water acting as a
solvent is important for living organisms.

1. the energy lost to disorder metabolism     -entropy

2. related to or possessing motion potential     -kinetic

3. all of the chemical reactions in an organism required for maintenance of the processes of life entropy     -metabolism

4. possible; ability to go into action or perform work kinetic     -potential

5. the study of energy and its transformations thermodynamics     -thermodynamics