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

<p>Unusual chemical properties and common presence in organisms (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers