Which of the following most likely explains why the chemical symbol for calcium is Ca? A. The symbol C was already used for carbon.
B. The symbol was assigned by modern alchemists.
C. Calcium is made of more than one type of atom.

The answer is a) carbon-12

Vander waals forces are inter molecular bonds that exist within molecules of the same substance. a water molecule is made up of oxygen and hydrogen atoms which share electrons between each other. the vander waals forces are forces that exist between multitude of different  molecules of water. dipole dipole forces is the type of vander waals force that exist in water. the oxygen atom which is more electronegative pulls the shared electron closer to itself thus generating a partial negative charge while the hydrogen acquire a partial positive charge. these two different charges causes attraction to occur in water molecules.