Question

How water facilitates the transport of other molecules in living organisms

Answer 1

A wide range of molecular compounds also dissolve in water, including sugars, amino acids, small nucleic acids and proteins. All thesemolecules are polar. ... The water acts as a solvent for chemical reactions and also helps transport dissolved compounds into and out of cells.

Answer 2

Answer:

Osmosis and Diffusion are the two processes that carry out the transport of molecules in living organisms.

Explanation:

Osmosis is the movement of solvent molecules from a "higher concentration gradient" to a "lower concentration gradient", across a semi permeable membrane, while Diffusion is the movement of "solvent molecules" from a "region of their higher concentration" to a "region of their lower concentration".

In case of living organisms, the "semi permeable membrane" is the cell membrane. The water molecules are the main solvent molecules that brings about Osmosis and Diffusion. These are all the processes by which the water facilitates the movement of other molecules in living organisms.