Question

$H_{2}O$ is liquid while $H_{2}S$ is a gas due to:

• A. covalent bonding
• B. molecular attraction
• C. H-bonding
• D. both H-bonding and molecular attraction

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

H-bonding

Answer 2

$H _{2} O$ is liquid while $H _{2} S$ is a gas due to $H$-bonding. The molecules of $H _{2} O$ comes closer due to hydrogen bonding and change the physical state from gas to liquid.