Question

Study the image below of water molecules interacting with one another, Then answer the following questions.

What part of the image represents INTRAmolecular forces? Be specific.

What part of the image represents INTERmolecular forces? Be specific.

Describe how each water molecule attracts to its neighboring water molecules. Be specific! What ends attract and why?

How many water molecules are attracted to EACH water molecule? In other words, how many INTERmolecular forces do you see for each water molecule?

Answer 1

The answer to your question is below

Step-by-step explanation:

a) Intramolecular forces are forces that hold the atoms within a molecule together, so, in the picture, we observe that these forces are covalent bonds between oxygen and hydrogen in the same molecule (continuous line).

b) Intermolecular forces are forces of attraction between two different molecules, so, in the picture, we observe that these forces are the hydrogen bonds between oxygen and hydrogen (dotted line).

c) Because water molecules are polar. Oxygen has a negative charge and hydrogen a positive charge, because of these charges water molecules can interact with the neighboring molecules.

d) In the picture we observe 4 dotted lines, we can conclude that each water molecule attracts by 4 molecules.