Chemical bonding

1. Are the atoms more stable when they are bonded together or when they are apart?

• Bonded Together

• Apart

2. Ionic Bonding involves:

• The transfer of protons

• The transfer of neutrons

• The transfer of electrons

• None Of the above

3. What do atoms that form positive ions tend to do?

• Tend to lose electrons

• Tend to lose protons

• Tend to gain electrons

• Tend to gain protons

4. What usually forms the positive ion?

• Metal

• Nonmetals

• None

6. What usually forms the negative ion?

• Nonmetals

• Metal

• None

7. Covalent compounds:

• Share electrons

• Transfer electrons

• Neither

8. What happens when an atom loses an electron?

• It becomes neutral (no charge)

• It becomes positively charged

• It becomes negatively charged

9. What happens when an atom gains an electron?

• It becomes Neutral (no charge)

• It becomes Positively Charged

• It becomes Negatively Charged

10. What charges attract?

• Opposite

• Same

11. What charges repel?

• Same

• Opposite