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Topic #6 Review Problems- Molecular Compounds/Polarity

1. A molecular compound is formed when a 8. Which is the correct electron-dot formula for a
chemical reaction occurs between atoms of molecule of chlorine?
A) chlorine and sodium A) B)
B) chlorine and yttrium
C) oxygen and hydrogen
D) oxygen and magnesium C) D)
2. As a bond between a hydrogen atom and a sulfur
atom is formed, electrons are
9. Which property is used to determine the degree
A) shared to form an ionic bond of polarity between two bonded atoms?
B) shared to form a covalent bond
C) transferred to form an ionic bond A) electronegativity B) pressure
D) transferred to form a covalent bond C) temperature D) density

3. Which two substances are covalent compounds? 10. Given the electron dot diagram:

A) C6 H12 O6 (s) and HCl(g)

B) KI(s) and NaCl(s) The electrons in the bond between hydrogen
C) C6 H12 O6 (s) and KI(s) and fluorine are more strongly attracted to the
atom of
D) NaCl(s) and HCl(g)
4. Which is the correct formula for Dinitrogen A) hydrogen, which has the lower
Monoxide? electronegativity
B) fluorine, which has the lower
A) NO B) N2O3 electronegativity
C) NO 2 D) N2O C) hydrogen, which has the higher
5. Given the Lewis electron-dot diagram: electronegativity
D) fluorine, which has the higher
electronegativity
11. Which bond is least polar?
Which electrons are represented by all of the
A) As–Cl B) P–Cl
dots?
C) N–Cl D) Bi–Cl
A) the carbon valence electrons, only
12. Which substance has nonpolar covalent bonds?
B) the carbon and hydrogen valence electrons
C) all of the carbon and hydrogen electrons A) CCl4 B) SiO2
D) the hydrogen valence electrons, only C) Cl 2 D) SO 3
6. What is the total number of electrons shared in a 13. What is the number of electrons shared between
double covalent bond? the atoms in an I2 molecule?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 A) 7 B) 8 C) 4 D) 2
7. What is the number of pairs of electrons shared in
a molecule of N2?
A) 3 B) 1 C) 6 D) 2

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 14. Given a formula for oxygen: 21. Which formula represents an asymmetrical
molecule?
A) CH 4 B) N2 C) NH 3 D) CO 2
What is the total number of electrons shared
22. Which formulas represent two polar molecules?
between the atoms represented in this formula?
A) CO 2 and HCl B) H2O and HCl
A) 1 B) 2 C) 8 D) 4
C) CO 2 and CH 4 D) H2O and CH4
15. An atom of which element reacts with an atom
23. Why is a molecule of CO 2 nonpolar even
of hydrogen to form a bond with the greatest
though the bonds between the carbon atom and
degree of polarity?
the oxygen atoms are polar?
A) oxygen B) nitrogen
A) The shape of the CO 2 molecule is
C) carbon D) flourine
asymmetrical.
16. The least polar bond is found in a molecule of B) The CO 2 molecule has an excess of
A) HF B) HI C) HBr D) HCl electrons.
C) The shape of the CO 2 molecule is
17. Which pair of atoms has the most polar bond? symmetrical.
A) H – Cl B) I – Cl D) The CO 2 molecule has a deficiency of
C) I – Br D) H – Br electrons.
18. Which formula represents a nonpolar molecule 24. At STP, fluorine is a gas and bromine is a liquid
containing polar covalent bonds? because, compared to fluorine, bromine has
A) B) A) stronger intermolecular forces
B) weaker intermolecular forces
C) stronger covalent bonds
C) D) D) weaker covalent bonds
19. Given the formula: 25. Which formula represents a nonpolar molecule?
A) CF4 B) H2O C) HCl D) NH 3
26. Which substance is correctly paired with its type
of bonding?
A) NH 3–polar covalent
B) NaBr–nonpolar covalent
The bond between which two atoms has the C) HCl–nonpolar covalent
greatest degree of polarity? D) Br2–polar covalent
A) C and O B) H and O 27. Which of these substances has the strongest
C) H and C D) C and C intermolecular forces?
20. Which molecule has a nonpolar covalent bond? A) H2Se B) H2Te
A) B) C) H2O D) H2S
C) D)

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 28. Hexane (C6H14) and water do not form a
solution. Which statement explains this
phenomenon?
A) Hexane is polar and water is nonpolar.
B) Hexane is ionic and water is polar.
C) Hexane is nonpolar and water is ionic.
D) Hexane is nonpolar and water is polar.
29. Which electron-dot structure represents a
non-polar molecule?
A) B)

C) D)

30. What is the maximum number of covalent

bonds that a carbon atom can form?
A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4
31. The abnormally high boiling point of HF as
compared to HCl is primarily due to
intermolecular forces of attraction called
A) hydrogen bonds
B) network bonds
C) van der Waals forces
D) electrovalent forces

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 32. A chemist performs the same tests on two homogeneous white crystalline solids, A and B.
The results are shown in the table below.

The results of these tests suggest that

A) both solids contain only covalent bonds
B) solid A contains only covalent bonds and solid B contains only ionic bonds
C) both solids contain only ionic bonds
D) solid A contains only ionic bonds and solid B contains only covalent bonds
33. Which type of substance is soft, has a low
melting point, and is a poor conductor of heat
and electricity?
A) metallic solid B) ionic solid
C) molecular solid D) network solid
34. Draw a Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of phosphorus trichloride, PCl 3

35. Base your answer to the following question on the balanced equation below.

2Na(s) + Cl2 2NaCl(s)

Draw a Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of chlorine, Cl 2.

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 Base your answers to questions 36 and 37 on
your knowledge of chemical bonding and on the
Lewis electron-dot diagrams of H2S, CO 2, and F
2 below.

36. Explain, in terms of electronegativity, why a

C–O bond in CO2 is more polar than the F–F
bond in F2.

37. Explain, in terms of structure and/or distribution

of charge, why CO2 is a nonpolar molecule.

CO2 is a nonpolar molecule because it has only one line of symmetry

Base your answers to questions 38 and 39 on the information below.

Each molecule listed below is formed by sharing electrons between atoms when the atoms
within the molecule are bonded together.

Molecule A: Cl2
Molecule B: CCl 4
Molecule C: NH3
38. Explain how the bonding in KCl is different from the bonding in molecules A, B, and C.

KCl has Ionic bonding while Molecules A, B, C all use covalent bonding

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 39. Explain why NH 3 has stronger intermolecular forces of attraction than Cl 2.

Because it uses hydrogen bonding which is stronger than dispersion forces

40. Identify a type of strong intermolecular force that exists between water molecules, but does
not exist between carbon dioxide molecules.

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