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Which of the following is a common characteristic of a covalent compound?High melting pointConducts electricity when it is in the molten stateConsists of moleculesAlways soluble in water

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Which of the following is a common characteristic of a covalent compound?High melting pointConducts electricity when it is in the molten stateConsists of moleculesAlways soluble in water

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The common characteristic of a covalent compound from the options provided is that it consists of molecules.

Covalent compounds are formed when two or more nonmetal atoms bond by sharing valence electrons. The shared electrons bind the atoms together to form a molecule, hence why covalent compounds consist of molecules.

On the other hand, covalent compounds generally do not have high melting points, do not conduct electricity in the molten state, and are not always soluble in water. These characteristics are more typical of ionic compounds.

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