WorksheetsVSEPR Theory and Polarity
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 56mins
What does VSEPR stand for?
Very Sad Engineering Process Report
Valence Electron Shell Pair Repulsion
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Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion
The oxygen atom in water has (a) lone pairs.
Draw the Lewis dot structure of HCl.
What is the molecular shape of HCN?
Linear
Trigonal Planar
Bent
What is the electron geometry of water?
Linear
Trigonal Planar
Bent
Tetrahedral
What is the molecular shape of this molecule?
Tetrahedral
Trigonal Pyramidal
Square Pyramidal
Trigonal Planar
What is the best description for this molecule?
Non-Polar, Tetrahedral
Non-Polar, Square Pyramidal
Polar, Square Pyramidal
Non-Polar, Trigonal Pyramidal
Polar, Tetrahedral
Which is the best explanation for why this molecule is polar?
The phosphorus atom is more electronegative than the chlorine atoms.
The molecular shape is asymmetric.
The molecular shape is asymmetric and the chlorine atoms are more electronegative than the phosphorus atoms.
The chlorine atoms are more electronegative than the phosphorus atom.
This molecule is (a) (non-polar/polar).
What is the electron geometry around the nitrogen atom in CH3NH2?
Tetrahedral
Trigonal Pyramidal
Trigonal Planar
Bent
What is the molecular geometry around the nitrogen atom in CH3NH2?
Tetrahedral
Trigonal Pyramidal
Trigonal Planar
Bent
What is the molecular geometry around the carbon atom in CH3NH2?
Trigonal Planar
Square Pyramidal
Tetrahedral
Trigonal Pyramidal
Is this molecule polar?
Yes, the CH3 groups create a dipole.
No, the molecule is made up of only non-polar tetrahedra.
Yes, the molecule has a polar functional group.
No, the polar CH3 tetrahedra cancel each other out.
What is the best description of CH2O?
Polar, Trigonal Pyramidal
Polar, Bent
Polar, Trigonal Planar
Non-Polar, Trigonal Planar
Non-Polar, Trigonal Pyramidal
What are the steps to determining 3D shape?
1. Draw Lewis Dot Structure
2. Consider Central Atom
3. Think about VSEPR
1. Hope for the best
2. Guess and Check
3. Flip a coin
1. Consider Central Atom
2. Consider VSEPR
3. Draw Lewis Dot Structure
1. Draw a diagram
2. Consider Central Atom
3. Count all Bonding sites and lone pairs
The electron geometry and molecular geometry are the same in which of these molecules?
H2O
CSe2
NH3
