Bond Geometry Flashcards
(20 cards)
What is the bond angle in a linear molecular shape?
180 degrees
What bond shape corresponds to a bond angle of approximately 120 degrees?
Trigonal planar
True or False: A tetrahedral molecule has bond angles of 109.5 degrees.
True
Fill in the blank: The bond angle in a trigonal bipyramidal shape is ____ degrees.
90 and 120 degrees
What is the bond shape when the bond angle is approximately 104.5 degrees?
Bent
What bond angle is characteristic of an octahedral molecular shape?
90 degrees
Which molecular shape has a bond angle of 120 degrees and one lone pair?
Trigonal pyramidal
What is the bond angle for a molecule with a square planar shape?
90 degrees
True or False: The bond angles in a seesaw molecular shape are all equal.
False
What shape corresponds to a bond angle of approximately 180 degrees with two bonded atoms?
Linear
In a V-shaped or bent molecule with two bonded pairs and one lone pair, what is the bond angle?
Approximately 120 degrees
What is the bond angle in a trigonal planar molecular shape?
120 degrees
Fill in the blank: A molecule with four bonded atoms and no lone pairs has a ____ shape.
Tetrahedral
What is the bond angle for a molecule with a trigonal pyramidal shape?
Approximately 107 degrees
True or False: The bond angle in a tetrahedral molecule is always 109.5 degrees.
True
What is the bond shape of a molecule with a bond angle of 180 degrees and four bonds?
Linear
What is the bond angle in a trigonal bipyramidal molecular shape?
90 and 120 degrees
Which shape has a bond angle of 90 degrees and two lone pairs?
Square pyramidal
Fill in the blank: A molecule with an octahedral shape has ____ bond angles.
90 degrees
What is the bond shape when there are three bonded atoms and one lone pair?
Trigonal pyramidal
