Apply the given electronegativities to each bond in the examples below to see which are polar and which are nonpolar. multiple bonds are treated the same as single bonds.
h-o-h
o-c-o
h-c-n

H-O-H  polar

O-C-O nonpolar

H-C-N   polar

Explanation:

Looking up the electronegativities of the atoms involved in this question, we have:

Atom   Electronegativity

H               2.2

C               2.55

N               3.04

O               3.44

All of the atoms differ in electronegativity resulting in individual dipole moments in H-O, O-C, H-C and C-N bonds. To find if the molecules will be polar we need to consider the structure of the compound to see if there is a resultant dipole moment.

In H-O-H, we have 2 lone pairs of electrons around the central oxygen atom which push the angle H-O-H  of the ideal tetrahedral structure to be smaller than 109.5 º  resulting in an overall dipole moment making it polar.

In O-C-O, we have two dipole moments that exactly cancel each other in the linear molecule  since the central carbon atom does not have lone pairs of electrons since it  has 2 double bonds. Therefore the molecule is nonpolar.

In H-C-N, again we have have a central carbon atom without lone pairs of electrons and the shape of the molecule is linear. But, now we have that the dipole moment in C-N is stronger than the H-C dipole because of the difference in electronegativity of nitrogen compared to hydrogen. The molecule has an overall dipole moment and it is polar.

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