Molecular Geometry

Multiple Choice

Which of the following molecular shapes would have a bond angle of 180 Degrees?

• Bent
• Trigonal Planar
• Tetrahedral
• Linear

Multiple Choice

What is the measure of a tetrahedral bond angle?

• 90 Degrees
• 109.5 Degrees
• 120 Degrees
• 180 Degrees

Multiple Choice

The bond angle for a trigonal planar molecule is 

• 90 Degrees
• 109.5 Degrees
• 120 Degrees
• 180 Degrees

Multiple Choice

What molecular shape is this? 

• Trigonal Planar
• Trigonal Bipyramidal
• Tetrahedral
• Pyramidal

Multiple Choice

Which of these has a linear molecular shape?

• SCl₂
• SiH4
• NH3
• O₂

Multiple Choice

One can predict the shape of a molecule by drawing its Lewis structure and

• balancing the oxidation numbers.
• accounting for nonbonded pairs of valence electrons.
• determining the empirical formula.
• identifying the presence of polyatomic ions.