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Molecular Geometry PreLab

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this unit focusing on?

a)

Molecular Geometry

b)

The Water Cycle

c)

The Periodic Table of Elements

d)

Electronegativity

2.

What is the difference between Covalent and Ionic bonds?

a)

Electrons in Covalent bonds are shared, and Electrons in Ionic bonds are transferred

b)

Electrons in Covalent bonds are transferred, and Electrons in Ionic bonds are shared

c)

There is no difference

d)

Electrons in Covalent bonds disappear, and Electrons in Ionic bonds don't exist

3.

Do all compounds have a chemical formula?

a)

No!

b)

Yes!

4.

Which element is a useful building block of larger molecules?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon

d)

Helium

5.

Up to how many atoms can Carbon bond with at one time?

a)

5

b)

2

c)

1

d)

4

6.

What rule do bonding atoms follow?

a)

The octopus rule

b)

The fourth rule

c)

The laws of electronegativity

d)

The octet rule

7.

What is bond length?

a)

The average distance between two bonded atoms.

b)

How long it takes to form a bond

c)

Where the bond information is stored

d)

The reason for the octet rule

8.

What is a single bond?

a)

1 pair of electrons (one line)

b)

2 pairs of electrons

c)

A bond that only applies to nitrogen

d)

2 lines

9.

What are multiple bonds?

a)

Bonds with one line

b)

Bonds with more than one line

10.

What is molecular geometry?

a)

The positions of the atomic nuclei in a molecule

b)

Geometry dealing with squares

c)

Geometry that is only concerned with carbon

d)

The specific three-dimensional arrangement of atoms in molecules

11.

What are non-bonded electrons shown by two dots called?

a)

molecules

b)

lone pairs

c)

double bonds

d)

triple bonds

12.

How many bonds does a tetrahedral have?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

3

d)

8

13.

What is the bond angle of a tetrahedral?

a)

90

b)

108.5

c)

109.5

d)

110.5

14.

Whats an atom that has two bonded pairs and no lone pairs called?

a)

Trigonal Planar

b)

Bent

c)

Tetrahedral

d)

Linear

15.

How many bonded pairs and lone pairs does a trigonal planar atom have?

a)

3 bonded pairs and no lone pair

b)

4 bonded pairs and 2 pairs

c)

5 bonded pairs and 1 lone pair

d)

3 bonded pairs and 5 lone pairs

16.

How many bonds and lone pairs does a bent molecule have?

a)

Three bonds and two lone pairs

b)

Four bonds and four pairs

c)

Two bonds and two lone pairs

d)

none

17.

What is the definition of trigonal pyramidal?

a)

a central atom bonded to three other atoms in the form of a pyramid with lone pairs of electrons

b)

A central atom bonded to 4 other atoms

c)

A central atom bonded by triangles to a pyramid shape

d)

Molecules in a straight line

18.

What is bent?

a)

One central atom with two other atoms bonded to it

b)

something ripped in half

c)

A faulty shape

19.

Whats a double bond?

a)

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

b)

Three bonds

c)

A chemical bond resulting from the sharing of electron between two atoms

d)

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

20.

What is a covalent bond?

a)

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

b)

IUPAC system

c)

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

d)

VSEPR

21.

What is a triple bond?

a)

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

b)

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

22.

Is this molecule polar or non-polar?

a)

Polar

b)

Non-polar

23.
SiClhas what shape?
a)
square planar
b)
square pyramidal
c)
tetrahedral
d)
octahedral
24.
Who could this be?
a)
H2O
b)
NH3
c)
CO2
d)
CH4
25.

What is the molecular geometry of CO2?

a)

Bent

b)

Trigonal planar

c)

Trigonal pyramidal

d)

Linear

26.
Choose the correct shape for this molecule:
a)
Bent
b)
Trigonal pyramidal
c)
Tetrahedral
d)
Trigonal planar
27.
In a polar covalent bond, electrons are shared ___________.
a)
equally
b)
unequally
c)
between non-metals with similar electronegativities
d)
between a metal and a non-metal
28.

The polarity of a bond is determined by...

a)

The sum of the electronegativities of the two atoms

b)

The difference in the electronegativities of the two atoms

c)

The charges of the atoms

d)

None of the Above

29.

Does the following reference Polar, Nonpolar, or both:

"affected by an electrical charge"?

a)

Polar

b)

Nonpolar

c)

Both

30.

Does the following reference Polar, Nonpolar, or both:

"equal sharing of electrons"?

a)

Polar

b)

Nonpolar

c)

Both