allows for hydrogen bonding
its a good solvent
solvent
The clinging of one substance to another is called adhesion. Water is a good solvent because its polar molecules allow it to easily form bonds with other substances, breaking them apart and dissolving them. This property makes water effective at dissolving a wide range of solutes.
The polarity of water molecules is what makes water a good solvent. Water's partial positive and negative charges allow it to interact with a wide variety of molecules, making it capable of dissolving many different substances.
adhesion
A universal solvent doesn't exist; water is a good solvent for many materials.
It is a non volatile solvent.
Yes it's the universal solvent
polar, meaning it can dissolve many substances by forming hydrogen bonds with them. This property allows water to dissolve a wide variety of solutes, making it a versatile solvent in many chemical reactions and biological processes.
One is going to be the solvent and one will be the solute, they can't be both at the same time. You usually put sugar into something such as water or tea or soda. That makes the sugar the solute (goes into) and the other, like water, the is the solvent. A good way to remember this is that the solvent is the part of a solution present in the largest amount.
It isn't what water has in it that is important and that makes it good for you. Water in some form is necessary for life in that it is water that is the solvent for the electrolytic solution that sustains life. If we don't get enough water, we are said to be dehydrated, and dehydration contributes to a number of conditions and maladies.
This question demands a comparison - poor with regard to what?. Water is a good solvent compared with carbon dioxide. Water is a poor solvent compared with nitric acid.