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Water is known as the universal solvent. One reason water makes a good solvent is because it is composed of polar molecules. What makes a water molecule a polar molecule?

A. The water molecule never develops a charge and is always neutral.
Water molecules are rod-shaped.
B. The water molecule has a negative charge at cold temperatures.
C. Water molecules have a positive charge on one end and a negative charge on
the other.

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C. Water molecules have a positive charge on one end and a negative charge on
the other.
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