Intermolecular Forces
Basic Rules of Lewis Structures
Basic Rules of Molecular Geometry
Drawing a Lewis Structure
Applications of Molecular Geometry
100

The strongest type of intermolecular force

What is a Metallic Bond?

100

# of electrons in the highest energy level of most main group elements

What is eight?

100

Shape of molecule with 2 bonded pairs and 0 nonbonded pairs

What is linear?

100

Bond that involves sharing of 2 electrons between 2 atoms

What is a single bond?

100

Shape of O2

What is linear?

200

The weakest type of intermolecular force

What is a London Dispersion Force?

200

# of electrons in the highest energy level of boron

What is six?

200

Shape of molecule with 2 bonded pairs and 1 nonbonded pair

What is bent?

200

Bond that involves sharing of 4 electrons between 2 atoms

What is a double bond?

200

Shape of SO2

What is bent?

300

The intermolecular force that creates positive and negative ions

What is an Ionic Bond?

300

# of electrons in the highest energy level of hydrogen

What is two?

300

Shape of molecule with 3 bonded pairs and 0 nonbonded pairs

What is trigonal planar?

300

Atom that when present is always the middle of a Lewis structure

What is carbon?

300

Shape of BF3

What is trigonal planar?

400

The forces of attraction between polar molecules

What is Dipole-Dipole Attraction?

400

Pairs of non-bonded electrons on a central atom in a Lewis structure

What are lone pairs?

400

Shape of molecule with 3 bonded pairs and 1 nonbonded pair

What is trigonal pyramidal?

400

Atom that when present is never the middle of a Lewis structure

What is Hydrogen?

400

Shape of CH4

What is tetrahedral?

500

The only three examples of hydrogen bonding

What are H-F, H-O, and H-N?

500

Difference in this property between 2 atoms indicates whether a bond is non-polar covalent, covalent, or ionic

What is electronegativity?

500

Shape of molecule with 4 bonded pairs and 0 nonbonded pairs

What is tetrahedral?

500

When >1 Lewis structure can be drawn for a molecule, differing only the position of electrons

What is resonance? 

500

Shape of NH3

What is trigonal pyramidal?