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Chapters 7-12 Flashcards

1
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How do atoms of phosphorus and Sulfur tend to appear in nature?

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As bonded groups of 4 (P) and 8 (S) atoms.

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What is a sigma covalent bond?

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Sigma bonds are the result of orbital overlap directly
between the 2 bonded nuclei on the internuclear axis. These kinds of bonds can form when either an s orbital or p orbital overlap.

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What are covalent bonds?

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Bonds in which electrons are shared between two elements, not transferred.

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4
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What formula produces a square planar molecular

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AX4E2

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5
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What is an empirical formula?

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A formula that simply provides the ratios of the constituent elements in a compound.

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6
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What kind of molecular geometry do diatomic molecules have?

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The only kind they can, a straight line.

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7
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What formula produces a tetrahedral molecular geometry?

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AX4E0

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8
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E0 have?

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Linear. C02 is an example.

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9
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Who was the first to determine the weight of a molecule? When?

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Jean-Baptiste Dumas, 1826.

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10
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What does each new row in the periodic table represent?

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The first electron to populate a new principal energy level.

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11
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What is a molecular formula?

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A formula that provides the exact number of atoms of each element in a molecule of a particular element.

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12
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What formula produces a trigonal bipyramidal molecular geometry?

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AX5E0

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13
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What are Gilbert Lewis’s dates?

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1875-1946.

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14
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Where do we find regions of high electron density in the valence shell of an atom?

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In the orbitals holding lone pairs and in orbitals forming bonds to other atoms.

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15
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What is an electron domain?

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a concerted region of electron density in the valence shell of an atom.

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16
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What is the name of the theory that describes the 3-dimensional structures of molecules?

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Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory.

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17
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What is a shortcoming of the molecular formula of molecules?

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It doesn’t indicate how those atoms are arranged in space.

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18
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What formula produces a trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry?

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AX3E1

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19
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX4E1 have?

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See-saw. SF4 is an example.

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20
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How does electronegativity trend on the periodic table?

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The reverse of the first ionization energy, elements like fluorine having the greatest electronegativity and elements like cesium and francium having the smallest.

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21
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What formula produces a T-shaped molecular geometry?

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AX3E2

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22
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What makes elements with similar properties similar?

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The configuration of their valence electron shells.

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23
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What is the Pauling Scale?

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The scale the measures electronegativity on a scale from 0 to 4, with 4 being fluorine.

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24
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What is the trend in the radius of the atom as it moves across rows?

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Decreasing atomic radius as we move left to right; Increasing as we move right to left.

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25
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What formula produces a square pyramidal molecular

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AX5E1

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26
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E1 have?

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Bent. O3 is an example.

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27
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX2E2 have?

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Bent. H2O is an example.

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28
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What counterbalances the size growth do to more and more electron shells?

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The electrostatic attraction to the increasingly positive nucleus as more protons are added.

29
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What formula produces a octahedral molecular

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AX6E0

30
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What is electronegativity?

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It is the flip side of first ionization energy and refers to how easily a neutral atom picks up an electron.

31
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What is the trend in the radius of the atom as it moves up or down a column?

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Radius decreases as we move up a column; increases as we move down a column.

32
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX3E0 have?

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Trigonal Planar. BF3 is an example.

33
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What are polar covalent bonds?

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Ones in which the shared electrons spend a bit more time around one element than the other, causing the system to have polarity.

34
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What is the force that causes atoms to “want” to overcome electrostatic forces and get close to one another?

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The powerful tendency of atoms to form valence octets.

35
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What are the two types of covalent bonds that can form?

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sigma bonds and pi bonds.

36
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What is first ionization energy?

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The amount of energy needed to remove an electron from an atom and create a cation with a +1 charge.

37
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What important concept does VSEPR theory rest on?

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The concept of electron domains.

38
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What is it about water that allows it to dissolve a variety of salts that form ions in solution?

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The polar covalent oxygen‑hydrogen bonds in water each have a partial charge separation. And the fact that water is an AX2E2 molecule means that it has a bent geometry.

39
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How did Mendeleev choose columns for the periodic table?

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By similar properties of the elements.

40
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX6E0 have?

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octahedral. SF6 is an example.

41
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What are Lewis structures?

A

Writing the symbol for the element with dots around it, representing the valence electrons.

42
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What is a good definition of a chemical bond?

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An energetically beneficial interaction between atoms that confines them to a fixed distance from one another in space.

43
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What are some neutral atoms found in nature?

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Argon in the atmosphere and gold in the earth.

44
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What formula produces a trigonal planar molecular geometry?

A

AX3E0

45
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What are Linus Pauling’s dates?

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1901-1994.

46
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX4E0 have?

A

tetrahedral. CH4 is an example.

47
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How does first ionization energy trend on the periodic table?

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It increases as we move up and to the right on the table.

48
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What are ionic bonds?

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Bonds in which 2 atoms that have a tendency to form ions of opposite charge exchange electrons to form valence octets.

49
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How much volume is occupied by one mole of gas at 1 atmosphere pressure and 0 degrees Celsius?

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22.4 liters.

50
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What are the 3 major types of chemical bonds?

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ionic bonds and covalent bonds make up the extremes, and polar covalent bonds fill in the gray areas between them.

51
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX3E2 have?

A

T-shaped. ClF3 is an example.

52
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What is a cation?

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An atom that has lost one or more electrons, resulting in a net positive charge.

53
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What formula produces a bent molecular geometry?

A

AX2E1 and AX2E2

54
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What is an anion?

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An atom that has gained one or more electrons, resulting in a net negative charge.

55
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What is the allotrope of oxygen we encounter most commonly at the Earth’s surface?

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Diatomic oxygen, two oxygen atoms joined by a double bond.

56
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What is the order of covalent bonding?

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First bond is always sigma, additional bonds are always pi.

57
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX3E1 have?

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trigonal pyramidal. NH3 is an example.

58
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX5E1 have?

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square pyramidal. BrF5 is an example.

59
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What are cesium’s size properties in comparison to hydrogen?

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Cesium has 133 times the mass of hydrogen but only 10 times the radius.

60
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What is the basic idea behind Linus Pauling’s theory of orbital hybridization?

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when an atom bonds, its valence orbitals can combine and average out to form any number of identical orbitals needed for bonding.

61
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX4E2 have?

A

square planar. XeF4 is an example.

62
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How do atoms of Oxygen and Nitrogen tend to appear in nature?

A

As diatomic molecules.

63
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What types of elements tend to form covalent bonds?

A

Ones with similar electronegativities.

64
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What is a typical distance between two bonded atoms?

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An angstrom or two.

65
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What kind of molecular geometry does the formula AX5E0 have?

A

trigonal bipyramidal. PF5 is an example.

66
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How would researchers like Lavoisier and Faraday discover the empirical formulae of compounds?

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By combustion analysis: burning the compound in excess oxygen and measuring the results.

67
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What formula produces a linear molecular geometry?

A

AX2E0

68
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What formula produces a see-saw molecular geometry?

A

AX4E1

69
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What are pi bonds?

A

The side‑on overlap of 2 sets of p orbitals can create a

shared space that holds 2 more sets of bonding electrons.

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