Also in the Area. 1  Camp Roberts Emergency Services Building, 680 feet southwest. 2  Big Sandy Creek Stream, 1 mile east. 3  Roberts Army Heliport Heliport, 1Â½ miles north. 4  National Guard Base Military Training Area Camp Roberts Military installation, 3 miles south. 5  Nacimiento River Stream, 3 miles north.
A water molecule, because of its shape, is a polar molecule. That is, it has one side that is positively charged and one side that is negatively charged. The molecule is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. The bonds between the atoms are called covalent bonds, because the atoms share electrons.
Now the molecule also has a bent shape, and angular shape, so that the molecule itself is a polar molecule. As a result, water is an excellent solvent for other polar molecules, particularly those which have hydrogen bonded to either oxygen or nitrogen atoms. This is because it is possible to have hydrogen bonding between the molecules. Water is also an excellent solvent for both positive and negatively charged ions. With a positively charged ion, water molecules can surround the ion with the negative oxygen end nearest the positive charge and with the negative ion, a water molecule can have its positively charged hydrogen end closest to the ion.