A water molecule (H2O) has two polar covalent bonds: one oxygen atom forms a covalent bond with each of 2 hydrogen atoms by sharing one electron pair with each hydrogen.

The oxygen atom attracts the shared electrons more strongly than the hydrogen atoms; this unequal sharing of electrons makes these covalent bonds polar.

Water is a polar molecule with a partially (δ) positive "pole" at the hydrogen end and a partially (δ) negative "pole" at the oxygen end.

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