3.5.1 Practice - Bonding in Matter (Practice)
3.5.1 Practice - Bonding in Matter (Practice)
3.5.1 Practice - Bonding in Matter (Practice)
a. Give the electron configuration of vanadium (V), atomic number 23. (0.5 points)
[Ar]4s²3d³
b. Give the noble gas configuration of vanadium (V), atomic number 23. (0.5 points)
[Ar]3d³4s²
c. List the energy levels for the orbital configuration of vanadium (V), atomic number
23. (1 point)
Read pages 1 – 5 of the practice activity to find information that will help you
answer question 2.
a. The image below shows the radial probability distribution plots for the first two s
orbitals and their corresponding cross sections. Based on these two examples and
the image of a 3s orbital cross section, draw the probability distribution function for
a 3s orbital using the graph provided. (2 points)
3s orbital
b. There are three p orbitals. Below are the pz (along the z-axis) and py (along the
y-axis) orbitals. Based on these two orbitals, draw the px orbital onto these
coordinates. (2 points)
c. Like the p orbitals, the d orbitals are not all the same. Below is the dxy orbital. It's
positioned to help you picture it on the xy-plane. Based on this diagram, draw the dyz
and dxz orbitals on the axes provided below. (3 points)
Question 3: Trends on the Periodic Table (2 points)
a. How does the atomic radius change going down and across the periodic table?
(0.5 points)
b. How does first ionization energy change going down and across the periodic
table? (0.5 points)
c. How does electronegativity change going down and across the periodic table?
(0.5 points)
Electronegativity is a measure of the ability of an atom to attract
the electrons when the atom is part of a compound.
Electronegativity values generally increase from left to right across
the periodic table.
d. How does the radius of a positive and negative ion compare to a neutral atom?
(0.5 points)
Van der Waals forces are weak electrostatic forces that attract
neutral molecules to one another.
Imagine you need to take a medicine that the doctor has prescribed for you. Explain
why scientists who developed that medicine would need to know whether or not the
compound in that medicine is polar. How might a polar medicine behave differently
within your body than a nonpolar medicine would? Answer in 1 to 2 paragraphs.
Polar compounds are water soluble and fail to cross the cell
membrane. Therefore scientists need to be sure of using
compounds that are non polar in nature so they pass through the
cell membrane and enter into the blood circulation of the body and
perform its due function
Read pages 6 – 8 of the practice activity to find information that will help you
answer question 7.
Use these tables for reference for all parts of this question.
Table 1
Table 2
This table summarizes the average energies of single bonds between atom pairs in
many different compounds.
a. According to Table 2, which is the strongest bond? Which is the weakest bond?
Based on what you know about the atomic radii and electronegativity of the
elements involved in the bonds, why do you think these two have the most extreme
bond-energy values? (3 points)
The weakest bond is iodine with iodine. This is because hydrogen and iodine have
similar
electronegativity, but hydrogen has the smallest atomic radius and iodine has the
largest
b. How are the bond energies of each bond listed in Table 2 determined? (1 point)
c. Why do you think there aren't bond energy values given in Table 2 for N–S and
S–I? (1 point)
This is because sulfur bonds with iodine end Nitrogen in a variety of different ways
with a wide
range of bond energies
d. Based on Tables 1 and 2, how would you describe the trend in bond strength of
single, double, and triple bonds? (1 point)
The trend in bond strength of single, double, and triple bonds is had the average
bond energy
seems to increase as the number of bonds increases
e. Based on Table 2, how would you describe the trend in the strength of bonds
formed by the elements carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen? Would you describe this trend
as a periodic trend? Why or why not? (3 points)
The VSEPR theory assumes that each atom in a molecule will achieve a geometry
that minimizes the repulsion between electrons in the valence shell of that atom
A: Trigonal pyramid
B: Linear
C: Trigonal pyramidal
D: trigonal planar
E: Linear
F: Linear
Question 10: Lewis Structure (3 points)
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