Sp3 Hybridization Quiz
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What is sp3 hybridization?

  • The mixing of one 2s orbital and one 2p orbital to create two hybrid orbitals
  • The mixing of one 2s orbital and four 2p orbitals to create five hybrid orbitals
  • The mixing of one 2s orbital and two 2p orbitals to create three hybrid orbitals
  • The mixing of one 2s orbital and three 2p orbitals to create four hybrid orbitals (correct)

    • How many p orbitals are involved in sp3 hybridization?

  • Four
  • Three (correct)
  • One
  • Two

    • What is the mathematical representation of sp3 hybrid orbitals?

  • 0.5(ψ2s - ψ2px - ψ2py + ψ2pz)
  • 0.5(ψ2s - ψ2px + ψ2py - ψ2pz)
  • 0.5(ψ2s + ψ2px + ψ2py + ψ2pz) (correct)
  • 0.5(ψ2s + ψ2px - ψ2py - ψ2pz)

    • What does the term 'sp3 hybridization' refer to?

    <p>The mixing character of 2s and 2p orbitals to create four hybrid orbitals (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the total number of hybrid orbitals created through sp3 hybridization?

    <p>Four (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who first proposed the plum pudding model of the atom?

    <p>J. J. Thomson (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the plum pudding model attempt to account for?

    <p>Presence of electrons and lack of net electric charge in atoms (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did J. J. Thomson call the negatively charged subatomic particles in the plum pudding model?

    <p>Corpuscles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What analogy did the plum pudding model use to describe the arrangement of charges in an atom?

    <p>Negatively charged 'plums' in a positively charged 'pudding' (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant discovery had not yet been made at the time of J. J. Thomson's proposal of the plum pudding model?

    <p>Discovery of the atomic nucleus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did J. J. Thomson's plum pudding model attempt to explain?

    <p>The presence of negatively charged electrons and the lack of net electric charge in atoms (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did J. J. Thomson use to refer to the negatively charged subatomic particles in the plum pudding model?

    <p>Corpuscles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did G. J. Stoney coin the name 'electrons' for in 1891?

    <p>The fundamental unit quantity of electricity (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What analogy did the plum pudding model use to describe the arrangement of charges in an atom?

    <p>Negatively charged 'plums' embedded in a positively charged 'pudding' (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What significant discovery had been made prior to J. J. Thomson's proposal of the plum pudding model?

    <p>The discovery of the electron (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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