January 2016 Chemistry Regents #57-61

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Base your answers to questions 56 through 58 on the information below and on your knowledge of chemistry. 

 


The Lewis electron-dot diagrams for three substances are shown below.

57 Describe, in terms of valence electrons, how the chemical bonds form in the substance represented in diagram 1. [1]

Answer==>K loses and electron and Br gains an electron. The difference in charge causes the attraction.

58 Determine the total number of electrons in the bonds between the nitrogen atom and the three hydrogen atoms represented in diagram 2. [1]

Answer==>  6

59 Explain, in terms of distribution of charge, why a molecule of the substance represented in diagram 3 is nonpolar. [1]

Answer==>The distribution of charge is symmetrical

60 Draw a Lewis electron-dot diagram for a molecule of Br2. [1]

61 Identify the noble gas that has atoms with the same electron configuration as the positive ion represented in diagram 1, when both the atoms and the ion are in the ground state. [1]

Answer==>Ar or argon

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