Types of Chemical Bonds

Just like with human relationships, the connections between chemicals are called ___

• friendships

• affairs

• bonds

• unions

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Like everything else in the universe, atoms do whatever they can to ___

• reduce their overall energy

• maximize their overall energy

• dispense relationship advice

• create high-stress relationships

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Atoms reach their lowest energy by achieving a balance between ___

• energy and electronegativity

• attractive and repulsive forces

• strong and weak nuclear forces

• positive and negative charges

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The law of electric charges says that ___

• like charges attract, opposites repel

• like charges repel, opposites attract

• nuclei attract each other

• electrons are clingy

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What is the distance between two nuclei at the point of minimum energy called?

• the energy minimum

• the atomic radius

• the wavelength

• the bond length

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The distance at which atoms reach their minimum energy is where the attractive and repulsive forces ___

• are both at their maximum

• are both at their minimum

• cancel each other out

• add to a maxima

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Which type of chemical bond involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms?

• an ionic bond

• a covalent bond

• a hydrogen bond

• James Bond

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The strength with which an atom holds shared electrons is called its ___

• electrostatic force

• ionization energy

• bond length

• electronegativity

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When shared unequally, electrons spend most of their time around the atom with ___

• the lower electronegativity

• the higher electronegativity

• more charisma

• less charisma

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The separation of charges, due to unequal sharing of electrons, is called ___

• polarity

• opposition

• antagonism

• negativism

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