Why Is Liquid Water Believed to Be Essential to the Development

Multiple Choice

Why is liquid water believed to be essential to the development of life on a planet or other body?

A) Liquid water provides an electricity-conducting medium in which lightning currents can create complex organic molecules.
B) Liquid water allows many other chemical elements to interact and form complex molecules.
C) Without water, there would be no shoreline onto which primitive fish could crawl to begin life on land.
D) Liquid water combines chemically with other compounds to form the building blocks of life.