Discuss the chemical structure and properties of water molecules and explain why water makes a good solvent in living cells. 1. Include a description of the molecular make-up of water molecules and the contributions of intermolecular (between molecules) and intramolecular (within a molecule) bonds in your discussion. You may use diagrams or sketches to illustrate your points.

2. Explain why water is a good solvent in living cells.

H2O is a tetrahedron shaped which has a partial negative charge on oxygen and partial positive charge on the two hydrogen atoms.

Explanation:

water is a good solvent because it is charged. This property helps dissolve and move ions and polar molecules in the body of organisms.

other properties of water are: water molecules are cohesive and adhesive, high specific heat capacity, high heat of vaporisation, surface tension, water can form ions etc

the principle of segregation describes how pairs of gene variants are separated into reproductive cells. from his data, mendel formulated the principle of segregation. we now know that the segregation of genes occurs during meiosis in eukaryotes, which is a process that produces reproductive cells called gametes.