Sorry that definition is inadequate as it could just as easily describe a covalent bond.
Hydrogen atoms share electrons in a covalent bond.
A carbon atom has only four electrons in its valance energy shell. This allows for four other bonding possibilities. Carbon is also an atom that has covalent bonding properties which means it shares its electrons with the molecules that it is bonded to.
Eight. Oxygen has 6 electrons and shares two more with the hydrogen atoms in covalent bonds
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covalent bonds are when one atom shares the same valence electrons with another atom other.Covalent bonds are how atoms stay together
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counting the shared electrons, 8.