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waters unique properties are due to its being a polar molecule. water has a positively charged side and a negatively charged side. this is a diagram of a molecule of water. drag the positive and negative symbols to the positively charged and negatively charged ends of the molecule.
Oxygen is more electronegative than hydrogen. In a water molecule, the oxygen - end has a partial negative charge due to its greater pull on the shared electrons, and the hydrogen - ends have partial positive charges.
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Place the negative symbol (-) near the oxygen atom (the large red sphere), and the positive symbol (+) near each of the hydrogen atoms (the small blue spheres).