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 (\(F_2\)) is a diatomic molecule. Each fluorine atom has 7 valence electrons. In the Lewis diagram, two fluorine atoms share a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond, achieving a stable octet configuration. The shared electron pair is represented as a line between the two \(F\) atoms, and the remaining non - bonding electron pairs are shown as dots around each \(F\) atom.

Answer:

Lewis Diagram: \( :\ddot{F} - \ddot{F}: \)