Directions: Answer the following questions in complete sentences ona blank sheet of lined paper. Be prepared to show your work for credit and discuss your answers with your classmates.
- What is polarity? Explain using a tug-o-war as an example.
- Which atom(s) win and lose the electron tug-o-war within a water molecule?
- What is a polar covalent bond (what does "covalent" mean and what does "polar" mean?
- How is a hydrogen bond different from the bond that holds a single water molecule together?
- What two things account for the unique properties of water? Give two examples of those unique properties.