Water molecules consist of one molecule of oxygen (red) bonded to two molecules of hydrogen. The oxygen tends to hog the electrons, making water a polar molecule. This polarity causes the molecules to clump together, which accounts for the peculiar attributes of water.
Illustration ID: WATER-molecule-21
copyright Russell Kightley
Illustration size: 64.0 Mpixels (183 MB uncompressed) - 8000x8000 pixels (26.7x26.7 in / 67.7x67.7 cm at 300 ppi)