Chemical Bonding Vocab

an atom that has gained or lost an electron

• electronegativity

• ion

• dipole

• true molecule

a positively charged ion

• cation

• ion

• anion

• true molecule

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NGSS.MS-PS1-5

a negatively charged ion

• cation

• ion

• anion

• true molecule

the charge an ion becomes when it is involved in an ionic bond

• true ion

• polyatomic ion

• subscript

• oxidation state

an atoms ability to attract electrons

• electronegativity

• octet rule

• valency

• oxidation state

the attractive force between atoms or ions that binds them together as a unit

• chemical formula

• octet rule

• chemical bond

• valence electron

a group of covalently bonded atoms that act together as a single ion

• chemical bond

• polyatomic ion

• cation

• double bond

a shorthand representation of a substance using the atomic symbols and subscripts

• chemical bond

• polyatomic ion

• oxidation state

• chemical formula

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

the little number following a chemical symbol that tells the number of atoms of that type in the formula

• superscript

• exponent

• oxidation state

• subscript

neutral group atoms held together by covalent bonds

• true molecule

• ions

• crystals

• neutrons

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1