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A water molecule is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom arranged in a bent shape. Since oxygen is significantly more electronegative than hydrogen, oxygen atoms have a much stronger attraction to shared electrons than hydrogen does. This unequal sharing of electrons and bent shape results in water being called a _________________.

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Answer:

Polar molecule is the answer.

Step-by-step explanation:

Polar means it doesn't attract.

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User Leopold Asperger
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I think a polar molecule
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User Reza Aghaei
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