The attraction between the hydrogen and oxygen atoms in a water compound is ____________ . The larger oxygen atom, with more protons, is more ____________ than the hydrogen atom and attracts the electron pair closer. The unequal sharing of electrons in a covalent bond creates a(n) ____________ bond. Due to the polar nature of water, ____________ in one molecule are attracted to oxygen atoms in other water molecules. The bonding of water molecules to each other with ____________ bonds is called hydrogen bonding.