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Which is a cause of polarity in water molecules?

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Water (H2O) is polar because of the bent shape of the molecule. ... The highly electronegative oxygen atom attracts electrons or negative charge to it, making the region around the oxygen more negative than the areas around the two hydrogen atoms.

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