Question

1. form a bond: select fluorine and turn on highlight shared electrons. create a molecule of fluorine, f₂. draw a picture of the molecule and lewis diagram. (be sure to label each molecule you add.)

Explanation:

Fluorine (\(F\)) has 7 valence electrons. In \(F_2\), each \(F\) atom shares one electron with the other \(F\) atom to achieve an octet (8 - electron) configuration. The Lewis diagram shows two \(F\) atoms with a single bond (representing the shared electron pair) and three lone pairs of electrons on each \(F\) atom.

Answer:

Lewis Diagram: \( :\!F - F:\) (where each \(F\) has three pairs of dots around it representing the lone pairs)