Unit 6 VocabTest

a term used to describe the shape of molecules that have one central atom with two other atoms bonded to it at a 104⁰ bond angle; the central atom has one or two lone pairs of electrons.

• bent

• tetrahedral

• trigonal planar

• linear

an attractive force between atoms, ions, or molecules that results in the formation of compounds

• bond

• single bond

• tetrahedral

• bent

a chemical bond resulting from the sharing of electron between two bonding atoms

• covalent bond

• single bond

• double bond

• nonpolar covalent bond

a chemical bond resulting from the sharing of two pairs of electrons between two atoms

• double bond

• triple bond

• single bond

• bond

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry

• IUPAC system

• molecular geometry

• VSEPR theory

• single bond

a diagram where dots or other small symbols are placed around the symbol of an element to illustrate the valence electrons

• lewis dot diagram

• linear

• molecular geometry

• VSEPR theory

a term used to describe the shape of molecules that resemble a straight line; there is a 180° bond angle between bonded pairs of electrons

• linear

• single bond

• bent

• tetrahedral

the arrangement of atoms, not lone pair electrons, around the central atom of a molecule or a polyatomic ion

• molecular geometry

• VSEPR theory

• single bond

• lewis dot diagram

a type of bond that has an even distribution of charge due to an equal sharing of electrons

• nonpolar convalent bond

• polar covalent bond

• covalent bond

• double bond

a type of bond that has an uneven distribution of charge due to an unequal sharing of electrons

• polar covalent bond

• nonpolar covalent bond

• bond

• single bond