Bonding Vocab

Front

Covalent bonds form by:

Back

sharing electrons

Front

Dots in electron dot structures represent total valence electrons in an atom.

Back

Number of total Valence electrons in the atom

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Front

Ionic bonds form between ________ and _________

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one cation and one anion

Front

Valence electrons of an atom?

Back

Electrons in the highest occupied energy level.

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Front

Why do atoms form ionic and covalent bonds?

Back

to attain a noble-gas electron configuration

Front

Covalent bond between:

Back

S and Cl

Front

Single line in Lewis dot diagram

Back

A single bond, 2 electrons shared.

Front

Bond with electrons not belonging to any atom?

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Metallic

Front

First step in drawing Lewis Structures?

Back

Count valence electrons.

Front

Why do bonds form?

Back

To fill the valence shell of electrons.