A ball-and-stick model of a molecule of formaldehyde, CH2O, is made from the following components:

one black ball
one red ball
two white balls
three sticks
What do the sticks represent?

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Responses

hydrogen atoms
hydrogen atoms

oxygen atoms
oxygen atoms

bonds between atoms
bonds between atoms

carbon atoms

1 answer

The sticks in a ball-and-stick model represent bonds between atoms.