Individual water molecules are held to one another by relatively weak ________ bonds.

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Water molecules are held together by hydrogen bonds, which are a specific type of weak electrostatic attraction between molecules that contain polar covalent bonds (in this case, the oxygen and hydrogen atoms in water). Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electrons between atoms, ionic bonds involve the transfer of electrons, and nonpolar bonds involve no or very weak electrostatic interactions.

Individual Water Molecules Are Held to One Another by Relatively