Water is an excellent solvent for ionic and polar covalent bond why?​

Does the temperature affect the solubility of sugar and salt in water? if it does tell me like different temperatures with different solubilities so i can sketch down a graph

Describe the difference between a. a hypothesis and a theory and b. an observation and an experiment.

The human activities in two locations are described below: location a: rampant use of plastic containers location b: excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers which statement is most likely true? location a will have poor air quality because plastic is biodegradable. location a will experience water scarcity because plastic absorbs moisture. the population of honeybees will increase in location b because production of crops will increase. the population of fish in location b will decrease because the water is contaminated.