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. Given the distribution of charges shown in this water molecule, why is it called "polar"?
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Given the distribution of charges shown in this water molecule, why is it called "polar"?

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Water is called polar due to the density of the electrons that surround the one oxygen molecule compared to the two hydrogen molecules.
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