The Wonders of Water

Tetrahedral, with four hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom

Planar, with three hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom

Bent, with two hydrogen atoms bonded to an oxygen atom (correct)

Linear, with two oxygen atoms bonded to a hydrogen atom

Presence of tetrahedral arrangement

Repulsion between shared and unshared electron pairs (correct)

Attraction between hydrogen and oxygen atoms

Absence of lone pairs of electrons

Forms bonds with four hydrogen atoms and carries no unshared electrons

Forms bonds with two hydrogen atoms and carries two pairs of unshared electrons (correct)

Forms bonds with one hydrogen atom and carries three pairs of unshared electrons

Forms bonds with three hydrogen atoms and carries one pair of unshared electrons

<p>Tetrahedron, with the O−HO−H, O, H, bonds forming two out of the four “legs”</p> Signup and view all the answers

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