Why is water called the universal solvent?

because it dissolves almost every solute

Water is reffered to as the universal solvent because it reacts with very little relatively, and primarily because almost everything is capable of dissolving in or being diluted by water.

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the "dirty dozen" chemicals banned in an international treaty are formally known as persistent organic pollutants, or pops. the united nations environment program provided this background on what they are and what they can do to humans and wildlife.

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the darker peppered moth species were favored due to the fact that the industrial revolution had made all the nearby trees a darker color instead of white.