What is the shape of the water molecule (H2O)?
Correct Answer: Bent shape
- Step 1: Understand that a water molecule is made of two hydrogen atoms (H) and one oxygen atom (O).
- Step 2: Know that the oxygen atom has two lone pairs of electrons that are not involved in bonding.
- Step 3: Recognize that the two hydrogen atoms bond with the oxygen atom.
- Step 4: Visualize the arrangement: the two hydrogen atoms are on one side of the oxygen atom.
- Step 5: Understand that the lone pairs push the hydrogen atoms down, creating a bent shape instead of a straight line.
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