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Question about Water Molecules?
A model of a water molecule is made with one large plastic ball, two toothpicks sticking out of it with two smaller plastic balls on the other ends. Describe one way in which this model is like a water molecule and one way it is different from a water molecule.
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
Larger ball represents Oxygen and smaller balls represent hydrogen (which is the case in real as well, as hydrogen is a smaller atom because of its smaller radius and oxygen is a bigger atom due to its larger radius)
The covalent bonds between the balls represented by toothpicks in the model aren't anything material or solid unlike the toothpicks, which are. They are only regions where electrons circulate.
