Classifying Chemical Bonds

Match the following

• ion

• A positively or negatively charged particle.

• covalent bond

• A chemical bond between oppositely charged ions.

• metallic bond

• A chemical bond in which electrons flow freely between atoms.

• ionic bond

• Atoms become charged when they lose or gain __.

• electrons

• A chemical bond in which atoms share electrons.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

Metallic bonds form between

• metals

• nonmetals

• metals and nonmetals

• metalloids

Covalent bonds form between

• metals

• nonmetals

• metals and nonmetals

• metalloids

Ionic bonds form between

• metals

• nonmetals

• metals and nonmetals

• metalloids

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Covalent

,

(b) Ionic

,

(c) Metallic

• Atoms share e-

• Between nonmetals

• Sea of electrons

• Between atoms of one metal

• Positive and negative ions

• Atoms transfer e-

• Between metals and nonmetals

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Determine if the following compounds are ionic or covalent or both.

Groups:

(a) Covalent

,

(b) Ionic

,

(c) Both

• NH₄NO₃

• FeCl₃

• CaCO₃

• C₆H₁₂O₆

• H₂O

• PH₃

• K₂O

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1