Water for life:

Hydrogen bond:

Causes ice to be crystalline{equally spaced out} and less dense than water
High cohesion(thing-thing attraction) meaning high surface tension {Highest for non-metallic liquid}
Minimise surface area {due to high cohesion}

Capillary action:

Water has strong adhesion{thing-other thing attraction} with glass{stronger than its cohesion} so it will "stick" to glass because of adhesion and other water will come as well due to cohesion

Solvent:

More substances can dissolve in water than any other liquid.
Things that dissolve in water are called hydrophilic.
Hydrophilic things are polar and will hydrogen bond with water instead of each other.They do that by breaking cohesive force of water.

Hydrophobic:

Cannot break water cohesive forces.
Do not dissolve, "pushed out by water"
Unable to penetrate water.

Cavendish discovered the composition of water

High heat capacity, causes regulation of temperature and makes you cooler by sweating