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Bonding Test
Atoms Bonding Together
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Chemistry
10th Grade
12/20/2007

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How many pairs of electrons are there in a tetrahedral bond?
Definition
4, with all of these pairs bonded to four seprate atoms.
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What is the bond angle of a tetrahedral bond?
Definition
109.5 degrees
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How many electrons are bonded in a pyramidal bond?
Definition

Three atoms are bonded to three paors of electrons, and there is one pair of unshaired atoms on the central atom.

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What is the bond angle on a pyramidal bond?
Definition
107 degrees
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How many electrons are bonded on a bent bond.
Definition

Two pairs of electrons are bonded to two atoms and there are two unshared pairs of atoms.

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What is the bond angle on a bent bond?

Definition
105 degrees
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How many electrons are bonded on a trigonal planar molecule?
Definition

A trigonal planar bond has three electrons bonded to three atoms.

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What accounts for the shape of the trigonal planar bond?
Definition
The three bonds are spread out as far as possible.
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How many electrons are bonded in a linear molecule.
Definition
A linear molecule has two electrons, who are bonded together.
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What can account for a three atom linear bond?
Definition
A three atom linear bond can occur when there are two double bonds in the central atom.
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What is the bond angle of a linear bond?

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180 degrees.
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How many electrons are bonded together in a trigonal bipyramidal bond?
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A trigonal bipyramidal molecule has five electron pairs bonded to five aroms.
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What is the bond angle of a trigonal byprimidal molecule?

Definition
120 and 90 degrees
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How many electrons are bonded together in a octahedral bond?
Definition

An octahedral bond has six pairs of electrons bonded to six atoms.

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What is the bond angle of an octahedral molecule?
Definition
90 degrees
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What is the difference between a covalent bond and an ionic bond?
Definition
A covalent bond is between two nonmetals and an ionic bond is between a metal and a nonmetal.
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What is a nonpolar bond?
Definition
When the atomsnvolved  have an equal sharing of electrons.
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What is a polar bond?
Definition
When the atoms have an unequal sharing of electrons.
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