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Water is a polar molecule. What this means is that the electrons that hold it together are not shared equally. Water is made up of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. They are joined by covalent bonds, which means that the atoms share electrons to fill their outer shells and become stable. In this case, the electrons are not shared equally...they spend more time around ...

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