? 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. Lecture Presentations byNicole Tunbridge and Kathleen Fitzpatrick Chapter 3Water and Life The Molecule That Supports All of Life Water makes life possible on Earth Water is the only common substance to exist in the natural environment in all three physical states of matter Water?s unique emergent properties help make Earth suitable for life The structure of the water molecule allows it to interact with other molecules ? 2017 Pearson Education, Inc. Concept 3.1: Polar covalent bonds in water molecules result in hydrogen bonding In the water molecule, the electrons of the polar covalent bonds spend more time near the oxygen than the hydrogen The water molecule is thus a polar molecule:The overall charge is unevenly distributed