Answer:
when the red litmus paper is placed in a jar of ammonia, the red litmus paper turns into blue as ammonia gas is basic in nature. It confirms the alkalinity of the ammonia gas.
They are all stable and have eight valence electrons
Answer:
a. overuse of resources is the correct answer.
Explanation:
Renewable resources are available and they are abundant but overuse of these renewable resources will have a negative effect on the surroundings and humans.
Overuse of renewable resources will leads to the depletion of these renewable sources in the future and will also make the ecosystem unbalance.
Renewable resources are solar energy, geothermal energy, biomass energy, wind energy, hydro energy.
Thus renewable resources are threatened due to overuse and it must be carefully used.
Answer: 2 lone pairs, square planar
Explanation:
Using the VSEPR ( Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion)Theory
To calculate the number of lone pairs electron can be done using the formula;
Number of electrons = ½ (V+N-C+A)
V mean valency of the central atom
N means number of monovalent bonding atoms
C means charge on cation
A means charges on anion
Therefore, to calculate the number of lone pair electron C=A=0;
Number of electrons = ½ (8+4) = 12/2 = 6
Number of bonding pair = 4
Number of lone pairs of electron = 6-4 = 2
The hybridrization of the compound is sp3d2 because the number of electrons around the central atom is 6.
The geometry of the compound is square planar and this is because of the repulsion between the bonding pair of electrons and lone pair of electrons which causes the lone pair of electrons to lie in a perpendicular plane in order to acquire stability.