Which is not a property of water?

select one:
a. good solvent for electrolytes
b. high specific heat
c. adheres to polar compounds
d. contracts during freezing

Water contract during freezing is not a property of water.

Option D

Explanation:

The water at normal temperature is fluid in nature where the disorder in the structure is due to the hydrogen bond between the molecules of water which are continuously forming with one molecule and then again forming with another molecule.

When the water freezes then due to low temperature the energy of the system is lost due to which vibration between the element is also reduced and hydrogen bonds no longer change. At this time the fixed hydrogen bond causes the molecules of water to expand which further decreases the density of water.

step 1: nitrogen fixation- conversion of atmospheric no₂ into forms useful to plants by lightning, bacteria, and cyanobacteria.

step 2: nitrification-process of converting ammonia to nitrite or nitrate.

step 3: assimilation-plant roots absorb new form of nitrogen.

step 4: ammonification-conversion of organic nitrogen to ammonia by bacteria involved in decomposition.

step 5: denitrification-bacteria turns the decomposed matter back into n₂o, which is released into atmosphere; repeat cycle.