Ionic and Covalent Bonds

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What type of bond is formed when sodium and bromine combine?

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Ionic bond

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Why don't noble gases form bonds?

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They all have a full octet.

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What type of bond is formed between hydrogen and chlorine?

Back

Covalent bond.

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What type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms?

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Covalent bond.

Front

What is the main reason atoms form bonds?

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To fill the outermost energy level.

Front

What is an ionic bond?

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A bond formed by the transfer of electrons from one atom to another.

Front

What is a covalent bond?

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A bond formed by the sharing of electrons between two atoms.

Front

What is the octet rule?

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Atoms tend to bond in a way that gives them eight valence electrons.

Front

What happens to electrons in an ionic bond?

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Electrons are transferred from one atom to another.

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What happens to electrons in a covalent bond?

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Electrons are shared between atoms.