Chemical equations are helpful to describe a general reaction but they should also be balanced to correctly reflect the amounts of reactant and product a chemist can expect to use and produce. If you were going to cook this banana bread, what information would you need to balance the equation?

Water is called the universal solvent because more substances dissolve in water than in any other chemical. this has to do with the polarity of each water molecule. the hydrogen side of each water (h2o) molecule carries a slight positive electric charge, while the oxygen side carries a slight negative electric charge.