What causes water molecules to have a bent shape?

Select one:

a. ionic attraction and repulsion

b. interaction between water and surrounding metals

c. the location of the free electrons

d. the attraction between protons

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Yael Fowler

Mathematics

22 January, 13:19

What causes water molecules to have a bent shape?

Select one:

a. ionic attraction and repulsion

b. interaction between water and surrounding metals

c. the location of the free electrons

d. the attraction between protons

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Ashlee Preston · Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

The reason water has a bent shape is that the two lone pair of electrons are on the same side of the molecule. This repulsion of the lone pairs of electrons on the oxygen atom causes the bond of the hydrogen to the oxygen to be pushed downward

What causes water molecules to have a bent shape?Select one:a. ionic attraction and repulsionb. interaction between water and surrounding metalsc. the location of the free electronsd. the attraction between protons

What causes water molecules to have a bent shape?

Select one:

a. ionic attraction and repulsion

b. interaction between water and surrounding metals

c. the location of the free electrons

d. the attraction between protons