VSEPR Quiz

What shape would CH₄ have?

• Trigonal planar

• Pyramidal

• Tetrahedral

• Bent

What is the best explanation of VSEPR theory?

• It explains the shapes that electrons make around atoms when they repel

• It explains how many electrons fit into an element's valent shell

• It explains why electrons pair up

• It explains why electrons repel each other

The atoms in a molecule of water adopt what kind of molecular geometry?

• Linear

• Tetrahedral

• Bent

• Trigonal planar

What is molecular shape for this shape?

• Tetrahedral

• Trigonal planar

• Trigonal bipyramidal

• Trigonal pyramidal

According to the VSEPR theory, ___________ want to ___________ each other.

• protons, repel

• protons, attract

• electrons, repel

• electrons, attract

A bond where electrons are NOT shared equally? 

• polar covalent
• nonpolar covalent

What geometry will this molecule have?

• trigonal planar

• tetrahedral

• pyramidal

• bent

What geometry will this molecule have?

• bent

• tetrahedral

• linear

• pyramidal

What geometry will this molecule have?

• bent

• tetrahedral

• linear

• pyramidal

In this Lewis structure, the symbol above F means...

• electrons are being transferred to Fluorine
• electrons are less attracted to F than H
• electrons are more attracted to F than H
• Fluorine has formed a cation