Ateacher gave the lab group shown below an “unsafe practice” warning.
what is most likely the basis for the teacher’s warning?

Why is the bond angle in a water molecule less than the bond angle of methane? a. the central oxygen atom in water has two lone pairs of electrons, whereas the central carbon atom in methane has no lone pairs. b. the central hydrogen atom in water has one lone pair of electrons, whereas the central carbon atom in methane has two lone pairs. c. the central oxygen atom in water has four lone pairs of electrons, whereas the central carbon atom in methane has only one lone pair. d. the central oxygen atom exerts more repulsive force on surrounding atoms than the central carbon atom in methane does. reset next

Which of the following statements about hybrid orbitals is or are true? choose all that apply. choose all that apply. under sp2 hybridization, the large lobes point to the vertices of an equilateral triangle. after an atom undergoes sp hybridization there is one unhybridized p orbital on the atom. the angle between the large lobes of sp3 hybrids is 109.5∘

The chemical bond connecting one nucleotide with the next one along the nucleic acid chain is called a