What Do You Understand by Chemical Bonding and Their Types Flashcards

What do you know about chemical bonding types? There are four types of chemical bonds, including chemical bonds, covalent bonds, polar bonds, and hydrogen bonds. The most typical bond in organic molecules is the covalent bond. It entails the sharing of elements between two atoms. Read these educational flashcards and take the quiz to see what you learned.

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A chemical bond between atoms results from the attraction between electrons and...
PROTONS
A covalent bond consists ofA. a shared electronB. a shared electron pairC. two different ionsD. an octet of electrons
B. A shared electron pair.
If two covalently bonded atoms are identical, the bond is identified as...A. Nonpolar CovalentB. Polar CovalentC. nonionicD. dipolar
A. Nonpolar Covalent
A covalent bond in which there is an unequal attraction for the shared electrons isA. nonpolarB. polarC. ionicD. dipolar
B. polar
Atoms with a strong attraction for electrons they share with another atom exhibitA. zero electronegativityB. low electronegativityC. high electronegativityD. lewis electronegativity
C. high electronegativity
Bonds that possess between 5% and 50% ionic character are considered to beA. ionicB. pure covalentC. polar covalentD. nonpolar covalent
C. Polar covalent
The greater the electronegativity difference between two atoms bonded together, the greater the bond's percentage ofA. ionic characterB. covalent characterC. metallic characterD. electron sharing
A. ionic character
The electrons involved in the formation of a chemical bond are called...
Valence electrons.
A chemical bond that results from the electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions is called...
An ionic bond.
If electrons involved in bonding spend most of the time closer to one atom rather than the other, the bond is ...
Polar covalent.
If a bond's character is more than 50% ionic, then the bond is called an...
Ionic bond.
A bond's character is more than 50% ionic if the elctronegativity difference between the two atoms is greather than...
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Write a formula for an example of a a) nonpolar covalent compound.
H2
B) Polar covalent compound.
HCl
C) Ionic Compound
NaCl