2. Carbon monoxide is a poisonous carbon oxygen compound (as opposed to carbon
dioxide). Provide the complete MO diagram including the atomic orbitals for both
carbon and oxygen as well as the MOs for CO assuming the bonding is the same as for
C2 in the reference. Also indicate the bond order for CO from the MO diagram. (14
points)

Carbon monoxide has a bond order of 3

Explanation:

A molecular orbital diagram ( MO diagram ), is a qualitative descriptive tool tha explains chemical bonding in molecules in terms of the molecular orbital theory in general and particularly adopts the linear combination of atomic orbitals (LCAO) method in its approach. A fundamental principle of these theories is that as atoms bond to each other to form molecules, a certain number of atomic orbitals combine to form an equal number of molecular orbitals , although the electrons involved may be redistributed among the orbitals. This tool is very well suited for simple diatomic molecules such as hydrogen molecule , oxygen molecule, and carbon monoxide but becomes more complex when discussing even comparatively simple polyatomic molecules, such as methane. MO diagrams usually explains why some molecules exist and others do not exist. It is used to predict bond strength of molecules, as well as the electronic transitions that can take place.

The MO diagram for carbon monoxide is shown in the image attached. It can clearly be seen that carbon monoxide has a bond order of three. The combination of carbon and oxygen atoms to form molecular orbitals of appropriate energy is also seen in the image.

1. the question asks the most appropriate, which seems to rule out "all of the above." your choice appears to be the correct one.

2. the protocol described is good for identifying correlation, but not cause and effect. for cause/effect, you need to devise a protocol that will assign the treatment (or not) to groups that have essentially the same "demographics" with respect to all the other variables. your choice regarding control group seems appropriate. random assignment of treatment (choice d) may be appropriate also. (i think you can argue that b and d are just different descriptions of the same method.)

3. d will randomize the birds, but may not guarantee there are 10 in each group. e will do both, so seems the better choice.

comment on question 2

based on the problem statement, it seems clear that confident, attentive drivers are more likely to use daytime running lights. so, the protocol might need to be devised in such a way that the lights would be turned on or off without the driver's knowledge. (an attentive driver will figure it out.) assigning a confident, attentive driver to a group required to drive without running lights might mess with his/her confidence and attentiveness. you don't want your experiment to do that. (nor do you want the experiment to subject a driver to greater risk of accident as a consequence of driving without running lights.) experiments involving human safety are always problematic.

i think its 100.

hope this !