Even though water, h2o, is important to all life as we know it, it is, itself, a(n) compound.

Explanation:

It's a inorganic compound because doesn't have any carbon atoms, the importance of this is that Water, as an inorganic composition, doesn't degrade  , like meet for example. Also, as inorganic, it has weak bonds, which allow it to change its consistency.

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