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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Bonds don't form into neat little lines, they form from ___
balls on sticks
overlapping electron clouds
two-dimensional orbits
velcro-like forces
If you get down there and understand what they look like, chemical bonds are like clumpy globs of ___
marshmallow
sticky toffee
probable electron locations
sticks and branches
Which moon of Jupiter contains so much water that its entire surface is just ice?
Io
Europa
Ganymede
Callisto
What is the molecular shape of water?
linear
bent
tetrahedral
trigonal planar
Bonded atoms within a molecule generally like to be ___
as close together as possible
highly electronegative
partially positive
as far from each other as possible
If water was suddenly nonpolar, all life on Earth would ___
instantly die
freeze
continue as normal
flourish
Electrons are both ___
cables and cords
particles and waves
standing waves and sitting waves
fields and flows
What math function describes the probability that an electron is in a certain place at any moment?
a wave function
a linear function
a quadratic function
a square root
What is the simplest wave function, describing a spherical pattern of standing waves?
the s orbital
the p orbital
the d orbital
the f orbital
To allow patterns with more electrons, the standing wave can have different numbers of ___
nubins
nodes
notches
charges
What is the maximum number of electrons in an atomic orbital?
one
two
four
eight
What is the electron configuration of hydrogen?
1s1 (one electron in its s orbital)
1s2 (two electrons in its s orbital)
1p1 (one electron in its p orbital)
1p2 (two electrons in its p orbital)
Which orbitals are dumbbell shaped and oriented along the x, y, and z axes?
s orbitals
p orbitals
d orbitals
f orbitals
Which families of elements are part of the s-block on the periodic table?
alkali metals and alkali earth metals
transition metals
halogens and noble gases
lanthanides and actinides
Which elements are part of the d-block on the periodic table?
the alkali metals and alkali earth metals
the transition metals
the halogens and noble gases
the lanthanides and actinides
Which orbitals, filled by the lanthanides and actinides, have "ridiculously cool geometries"?
g orbitals
p orbitals
d orbitals
f orbitals
The s and the p orbitals can merge into ___
unmixed sp regions
homogenous ps shells
seperated sp fluctuations
hybrid sp orbitals
What shape is formed by sp3 hybridization?
linear
triganal planar
tetrahedral
octahedral
Water is locked into a tetrahedral electron arrangement, including two bond pairs and two ___
lone pairs
free electrons
secluded hydrogens
isolated orbitals
If a molecule forms a double bond, the atoms form three sp2 hybridized orbitals along with ___
a hybridized p orbital
an unhybridized p orbital
an unhybridized sp orbital
a hybridized sp orbital
What are the bond angles between sp2 hybrid orbitals in a trigonal planar molecule?
60°
90°
120°
150°
When sp2 orbitals merge together nicely in line with the nuclei it's called a ___
sigma bond
pi bond
delta bond
alpha bond
Unhybridized p orbitals, sticking out above and below the nuclei, merge to form a ___
sigma bond
pi bond
delta bond
alpha bond
How many double bonds are in carbon dioxide?
one
two
three
four
What structure is formed when two d orbitals hybridize with sp3 orbitals, to get d2sp3 orbitals?
a bent structure
a trigonal plane
tetrahedral structure
octahedral structure
