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What describes the partial charges found in a water molecule?(1 point)
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Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.
Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.

Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.
Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.

Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.
Oxygen has a partially positive charge, and the hydrogens have a partially negative charge.

Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.

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GPT-4o mini
The correct response is:

Oxygen has a partially negative charge, and the hydrogens have a partially positive charge.

In a water molecule (H₂O), the oxygen atom is more electronegative than the hydrogen atoms, which leads to a partial negative charge on the oxygen and partial positive charges on the hydrogen atoms.