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VSEPR (AP)

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this VSEPR structure

a)

tetrahedral

b)

trigonal planar

c)

bent

d)

linear

2.

What is the name of this VSEPR shape?

a)

trigonal planar

b)

bent

c)

tetrahedral

d)

trigonal pyramidal

3.

Who is the name of this VSEPR shape?

a)

trigonal planar

b)

tetrahedral

c)

bent

d)

trigonal pyramidal

4.

What is the name of this VSEPR shape? (The dark shapes are lone electron pairs)

a)

trigonal planar

b)

tetrahedral

c)

bent

d)

linear

5.

What is the name of this VSEPR shape? (The dark shapes are lone electron pairs)

a)

trigonal planar

b)

bent

c)

trigonal pyramidal

d)

tetrahedral

6.
What is the measure of a tetrahedral bond angle?
a)
90 Degrees
b)
109.5 Degrees
c)
120 Degrees
d)
180 Degrees
7.
Which of the following shapes has unshared pairs of electrons on the central atom? 
a)

Linear

b)
Bent
c)
Trigonal Planar
d)
Tetrahedral
8.
Which of the following molecular shapes would have a bond angle of 180 Degrees?
a)
Bent
b)
Trigonal Planar
c)
Tetrahedral
d)
Linear
9.
The bond angle for a trigonal planar molecule is 
a)
90 Degrees
b)
109.5 Degrees
c)
120 Degrees
d)
180 Degrees
10.

How many unshared pairs of electrons will a trigonal pyramidal molecule have? 

a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
11.
What is the bond angle for this molecule?
a)
109.5
b)
120
c)
107
d)
90
12.
Choose the correct shape for this molecule:
a)
Trigonal planar
b)
Trigonal pyramidal
c)
Tetrahedral
d)
Linear
13.

One central atom has two atoms bonded to it, and no lone pairs. Its VSEPR shape will be...

a)

linear

b)

bent

c)

trigonal planar

d)

tetrahedral

14.

One central atom has two atoms bonded to it, plus two lone pairs. Its VSEPR shape will be...

a)

linear

b)

bent

c)

trigonal planar

d)

tetrahedral

15.

Draw the Lewis Dot structure for ICl2- and determine its predicted molecular geometry.

a)

see-saw

b)

trigonal bipyramidal

c)

linear

d)

bent

16.

Draw the Lewis Dot structure for PCl5 and determine the predicted molecular geometry

a)

octahedral

b)

trigonal pyramidal

c)

seesaw

d)

trigonal bipyramidal

17.

What are the bond angles in this molecule?

a)

all are exactly 90o

b)

all are slightly more than 90o

c)

all are slightly less than 90o

d)

more information is needed

e)

some of the bonds are 90o, others are 120o

18.
This structure is called...
a)
tetrahedral
b)
Trigonal pyramidal
c)
Seesaw
d)
Bent/Angular
19.

What is the bond angle of CH4?

a)

180

b)

120

c)

109.5

d)

90

20.

A molecule with a bond angle of approximately 109.5 could be:

a)

linear

b)

bent

c)

trigonal planar

d)

Octahedral

21.

What is the molecular geometry of the molecule shown?

a)

Linear

b)

Trigonal Planar

c)

Tetrahedral

d)

Bent

22.

What is the molecular geometry of the molecule shown?

a)

Square Planar

b)

Square Pyramidal

c)

Seesaw

d)

Trigonal Bipyramidal

23.

What is the molecular geometry of the molecule shown?

a)

Trigonal Bipyramidal

b)

Square Pyramidal

c)

Seesaw

d)

Octahedral

24.
Which molecule would have this structure?
a)
PCl5
b)
BI3
c)
OBr4
d)
CH4
25.
How many lone pairs does XeCl4 have?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
26.
What structure does XeI4 have?
a)
Square Planar
b)
Square Bipyramidal
c)
Tetrahedral
d)
T-shaped
27.
This structure is called...
a)
square pyramidal
b)
square planar
c)
square bipyramidal
d)
tetrahedral
28.
SiClhas what shape?
a)
square planar
b)
square pyramidal
c)
tetrahedral
d)
octahedral
29.

Which of the following has octahedral molecular geometry?

a)
SCl6
b)
XeI4
c)
NBr5
d)
CH4
30.
Seesaw shape has...
a)

4 bond pairs, 1 lone pair

b)

5 bond pairs, 1 lone pair

c)

4 bond pairs, 0 lone pairs

d)

4 bond pairs, 0 lone pairs