Hydrogen Halide Stability

Question 1

What happens to the bond length between hydrogen and halogen down group 17

• AIt increases
• BIt decreases
• CIt remains constant
• DIt becomes zero

Question 2

Why does the bond length between hydrogen and halogen increase down the group

• AThe bonding pair of electrons gets farther from the halogen nucleus
• BThe atoms become smaller
• CThe bonding pair disappears
• DThe hydrogen atom becomes a metal

Question 3

What happens to the bond between hydrogen and halogen down group 17

• AIt becomes weaker
• BIt becomes stronger
• CIt remains unchanged
• DIt disappears

Question 4

Why does the hydrogen halogen bond become weaker down the group

• AThe bonding electrons are farther from the halogen nucleus
• BThe atoms become smaller
• CThe nuclei disappear
• DThe bonding electrons become closer to the nucleus

Question 5

What happens to the thermal stability of hydrogen halides down group 17

• AIt decreases
• BIt increases
• CIt remains constant
• DIt becomes infinite