B-3 Hybrid Orbital Theory

Question 1

What type of hybrid orbitals do you get when you combine 1 atomic s orbital with 3 atomic p orbitals?

Answer 1

4 x sp³ hybrid orbitals

Question 2

What type of hybrid orbitals do you get when you combine 1 atomic s orbital with 2 atomic p orbitals?

Answer 2

3 x sp^{<span>2</span>} hybrid orbitals

(also 1 leftover atomic p orbital)

Question 3

What type of hybrid orbitals do you get when you combine 1 atomic s orbital with 1 atomic p orbitals?

Answer 3

2 x sp hybrid orbitals

(also 2 leftover atomic p orbital)

Question 4

What type of hybrid orbitals do you get when you combine 1 atomic s orbital, 3 atomic p orbitals and 1 atomic d orbital?

Answer 4

5 x sp³d hybrid orbitals

Question 5

What type of hybrid orbitals do you get when you combine 1 atomic s orbital, 3 atomic p orbitals and 2 atomic d orbital?

Answer 5

6 x sp³d² hybrid orbitals

Question 6

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for all of the tetrahedral electron geometries?

Answer 6

sp³ hybrid orbitals

Question 7

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the tetrahedral molecular geometry?

Answer 7

sp³ hybrid orbitals

Question 8

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the pyramidal molecular geometry?

Answer 8

sp³ hybrid orbitals

Question 9

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the bent 104.5 molecular geometry?

Answer 9

sp³ hybrid orbitals

Question 10

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the trigonal planar molecular geometry?

Answer 10

sp^{<span>2</span>} hybrid orbitals

Question 11

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the bent 120 molecular geometry?

Answer 11

sp^{<span>2</span>} hybrid orbitals

Question 12

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for all of the bent trigonal planar electron geometries?

Answer 12

sp^{<span>2</span>} hybrid orbitals

Question 13

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for the linear electron geometries?

Answer 13

sp hybrid orbitals

Question 14

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for all of the trigonal bipyramidal electron geometries?

Answer 14

sp³d hybrid orbitals

Question 15

Which hybrid orbitals are responsible for all of the octahedral electron geometries?

Answer 15

sp³d² hybrid orbitals

Question 16

This type of bonding occurs when an atomic s orbital overlaps with another atomic s orbital.

Answer 16

sigma

Question 17

This type of bonding occurs when an atomic s orbital overlaps with a hybrid orbital.

Answer 17

sigma

Question 18

This type of bonding occurs when 2 hybrid orbitals overlap.

Answer 18

sigma

Question 19

This type of bonding occurs when 2 atomic p orbitals overlap on the sides.

Answer 19

pi

Question 20

This type of bonding is only found in species that are double or triple bonded

Answer 20

pi

Question 21

Which type of bonds contain only sigma overlaps?

Answer 21

single

Question 22

Which type of bonds contain both sigma and pi bonds?

Answer 22

double and triple bonds