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When two oxygen atoms bond together in O2, what type of covalent bond do they form?

A double bond, because they overlap orbitals to share one pair of electrons

A double bond because every overlap orbitals to share two pairs of electrons

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A double bond, because they overlap orbitals to share two pairs of electrons.

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