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What characteristics of the water molecule allows it to play an extensive role in many biological reactions?
It's a polar molecule: a molecule that has a net dipole moment due to its having unsymmetrical polar bonds. Unequal sharing of electrons makes water a polar molecule.
What occurs when there is an unequal sharing of electrons between atoms?
Part of the Molecule will be slightly negative and the other slightly positive. One example is water. The oxygen atom hogs the electrons leaving the oxygen slightly negative and the hydrogen slightly positive. This makes the water molecules slightly "sticky" and the water molecules clump together. If this didn't happen then water would boil at -120 deg C intead of +100 degrees.
What does having an unequal number or protons and electrons do to an atom?
It makes it an ion: If have more protons than electrons is positive. (cation) If more electrons than protons is negative. (anion)
How is a hydrogen bonds different from the convalent bonds that connect each water molcule's atoms?
covalent bond is the sharing of 2 electrons form each atom while in hydrogen bond there is no sharing of electrons. Hydrogen bond is partial bond due to attraction of Hydrogen atom with negative charge of other molecule so it is having only electrostatic attarction.
Which of the molecules contain a polar covalent bond?
NO
What characteristics of the water molecule allows it to play an extensive role in many biological reactions?
It's a polar molecule: a molecule that has a net dipole moment due to its having unsymmetrical polar bonds. Unequal sharing of electrons makes water a polar molecule.
What occurs when there is an unequal sharing of electrons between atoms?
Part of the Molecule will be slightly negative and the other slightly positive. One example is water. The oxygen atom hogs the electrons leaving the oxygen slightly negative and the hydrogen slightly positive. This makes the water molecules slightly "sticky" and the water molecules clump together. If this didn't happen then water would boil at -120 deg C intead of +100 degrees.
Two hydrogen atoms form a hydrogen molecule by?
Two atoms can interact to form molecules by sharing a pair of electrons. This process is known as covalent bonding.
How does water form a covalent bond?
it can by having an equal sharing of electrons
An atom that has a positive or negative charge due to having unequal numbers of protons and electrons?
Ion If an atom either give up or gains electrons, it becomes an ion. an atom that has a positive or negative charge due to unequal numbers of protons and electrons.
What does having an unequal number or protons and electrons do to an atom?
It makes it an ion: If have more protons than electrons is positive. (cation) If more electrons than protons is negative. (anion)
Is formed when an atom shares electrons?
This is a molecule having a covalent bond.
What is the Covalent Bond for Chlorine and Chlorine?
a covalent bond means sharing of electrons the outer most electrons on chlorine shell is 7since chlorine is a diatomic molecule (cl2) it comprises of 2 chlorine atoms having 7in each valence shell. for this molecule to be stable it must attain the stable octet configuration 8electrons in their outer shell x x x Cl x x x x 1 o o o o Cl o o o so they share the electrons (marked with a hyphen) to attain the stable configuration. this sharing of electrons between two chlorine molecules is called sharing of electrons within chlorine
What electricity refers to the electrical charge an object develops as a result of having an unequal amount of protons and electrons?
Lexi Vier
How is a hydrogen bonds different from the convalent bonds that connect each water molcule's atoms?
covalent bond is the sharing of 2 electrons form each atom while in hydrogen bond there is no sharing of electrons. Hydrogen bond is partial bond due to attraction of Hydrogen atom with negative charge of other molecule so it is having only electrostatic attarction.
How many electrons are shared in a water molecules?
2 electrons are shared in a water molecule. Duuuhhh.
How can a molecule accommodate two electrons in the same hybrid orbital?
By the two of them having opposite spin quantum numbers.
