Connect the DOTs
FORMAL charge
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Geometry in
Chemistry?
To be or not to be HYBRID - that is the question
"Why do you repel me?"
- Electron domain
100

________ is a representation of an atom’s valence electrons by using dots and indicates by the placement of these how the valence electrons are distributed in the molecule

What is Lewis structure?

100

Determines what resonance structure would be favored

What is the smallest formal charge?

100

A molecule that has no central atom

What is a binary linear molecule?

100

If an s orbital and two p orbitals combine, this hybridization results

What is sp2?

100

The acronym VSEPR stands for this phrase

What is Valence Shell Electron-Pair Repulsion?

200

The electron dot structure of CCl4


What is 

200

The formal charge of N in the structure below:


What is zero?

200

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Number of charge clouds around the central atom that has a seesaw geometry

What is five (5)?

200

Hybridization for atoms that have 2 charge clouds?

What is sp?

200

According to the VSEPR, electron domains orient themselves to minimize these

What is repulsion?

300

The electron-dot structure of NO+

What is 


300

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The formal charges to each atoms in ClO2- (see structure below)?


What is -1 for O(left), 0 for Cl and 0 for O(right)?

300

Shape of a molecule that has a central atom with two lone pairs and four bonds to other atoms

What is square planar?

300

Number of hybrid orbitals that results in the combination of an s orbital and three p orbitals

What is four (4)?

300

Type of bond that results in a direct or head-on overlap of orbitals

What is sigma bond?

400

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The third-row element, X, that forms the following ion (XH4)+?

What is Phosphorus?

400

The three resonance structures for thiocyanate ion, [SCN]- whose connections are shown below:


What is 


400

Molecular geometry of ammonia, NH3

What is trigonal pyramidal?

400

Hybridization around the central atom in CH4

What is sp3?

400

Total number of sigma and pi bonds in O3

What are 2 sigma and 1 pi bonds?

500

The electron dot structure for molecule with the following connections, showing lone pairs and any multiple bonds:

What is


500

Determine the formal charge of each atom in the structure below.


What is


500

The shape of NO3-

What is trigonal planar?

500

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Hybridization around the central atom in O3

What is sp2?

500

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Total number of pi and sigma bonds in acrylonitrile (see structure):


What are 4 sigma and 3 pi bonds?