Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Basic Chemistry - Review Questions - Page 86: 23

Answer

A water molecule is a polar molecule because the oxygen atom is more electronegative, and it attracts the electrons more towards itself, giving it a slight negative charge, and the hydrogen atoms get a slight positive charge.

Work Step by Step

In a polar bond the electrons are not equally shared between the two atoms, one of the atoms pulls the electrons more than the other, so the electrons stay in that atoms orbit more than it stays with the other atom.
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