Chemical Bonding

Question 1

What is formed when atoms share one or more pairs of electrons?

Accepted Answer

covalent bond

Question 2

The symbol for oxide is O2-. How many electrons did the oxygen atom gain?

Accepted Answer

2

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT a common property of covalent compounds

Accepted Answer

good conductivity

Question 4

Which of the following should I study?

Accepted Answer

Writing formulas, Naming compounds, Drawing lewis structures, Molecular Geometry

Question 5

What is the name given to the electrons in the highest occupied energy level of an atom?

Accepted Answer

Valence electrons

Question 6

Charged particles that form when atoms gain or lose electrons are _________ .

Accepted Answer

ions

Question 7

The following picture is of which molecular geometry?

Accepted Answer

trigonal pyramidal

Question 8

Electrons have what kind of charge?

Accepted Answer

Negative

Question 9

Which type of bond can be hammered into sheets and conducts electricity?

Accepted Answer

metallic

Question 10

Covalent bonds always form between ___________.

Accepted Answer

Nonmetals

Question 11

Ions of opposite charge __________ each other easily, so they form crystal lattice.

Accepted Answer

Attract

Question 12

Which group on the periodic table contains elements that do not normally form chemical bonds?

Accepted Answer

Group 18

Question 13

What determines whether an atom will form bonds?

Accepted Answer

number of valence electrons

Question 14

Some atoms gain electrons during chemical changes and have a _____________.

Accepted Answer

negative charge.

Question 15

What makes a molecule polar?

Accepted Answer

uneven sharing of electrons

Question 16

What determines the shape of a molecule?

Accepted Answer

lone electrons on the center atom

Question 17

How do metallic bonds occur?

Accepted Answer

metal ions attracting mobile electrons

Question 18

A(n) _______ bond forms when a metal transfers its extra electron to a nonmetal who needs it.

Accepted Answer

Ionic

Question 19

Which element can form a triple covalent bond

Accepted Answer

N

Question 20

Is the following lewis structure ionic, non- polar or polar?

Accepted Answer

polar

Question 21

What do elements within a group number have the same number of?

Accepted Answer

valence electrons

Question 22

When atoms lose electrons through an ionic bond, they become ____________ .

Accepted Answer

positively charged.

Question 23

All elements except for H and HE are trying to get to how many valence electrons?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 24

When an electron is added to or removed from an atom, the atom becomes a(n) ________.

Accepted Answer

ion

Question 25

The picture is of which molecular geometry?

Accepted Answer

tetrahedral

Question 26

How many valence electrons are in an oxygen atom?

Accepted Answer

6

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