Water has a high heat-absorbing capacity because _________.

A. The sun’s rays penetrate to the bottom of bodies of water, mainly heating the bottom surface;

B. The strong covalent bonds that hold individual water molecules together require large inputs of heat to break;

C. It has the ability to dissolve many heat-resistant solutes;

D. Initial energy inputs are first used to break hydrogen bonds between water molecules and only after these are broken, to raise the temperature; E. all of the above are true