Which is a characteristic of the polar water molecule?

In H₂O, oxygen has two bonding pairs and two lone pairs, making four electron domains arranged tetrahedrally. The O–H bonds are covalent, not ionic; water’s molecular shape is bent, even though its electron-domain geometry is tetrahedral. Thus, the correct choice is “a tetrahedral electron domain geometry with covalently bonded atoms.”

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