A hydrogen bond is a(n)

a. sharing of a pair of electrons between a
hydrogen and an oxygen nucleus.
b. sharing of a pair of electrons between a
hydrogen nucleus and either an oxygen or a
nitrogen nucleus.
c. attractive force between a hydrogen atom and
either an oxygen or a nitrogen atom that are in
other molecules or within the same molecule.
d. covalent bond between two hydrogen atoms.
e. covalent bond between a hydrogen atom and
either an oxygen atom or a nitrogen atom.


Answer: c

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