Chemical Bonding Quiz

The electrons involved in the formation of a chemical bond are called

• dipoles

• s electrons

• Lewis electrons

• valence electrons

What states that atoms tend to form compounds so that each atom can achieve a noble gas electron configuration (or the last orbital is filled)?

• rule of completion

• configuration rule

• Avogadro principle

• octet rule

A chemical bond resulting from the electrostatic attraction between positive and negative ions is called a(n)

• covalent bond

• ionic bond

• charged bond

• dipole bond

Name the following chemical compound: P₂O₅

• dipotassium pentoxide

• diphosphorus oxygen

• diphosphorus pentoxide

• dipotassium oxygenate

To draw a Lewis structure, one must know the

• valence electrons in each atom

• bond length of each atom

• atomic mass of each atom

• ionization energy of each atom

Name the following chemical compound: K₃N

• tripotassium nitride

• potassium nitride

• tripotassium mononitride

• potassium nitrate

Predict the type of chemical bond that will occur between a carbon atom and a fluorine atom.

• ionic

• covalent

• metallic

• no bond

Covalent bonds are formed between

• ions

• nonmetal atoms

• metal atoms

• compounds

The name dinitrogen tetraoxide tells you that this compound contains

• 2 nitrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms

• 2 nitrogen atoms and 4 oxygen atoms

• 4 nitrogen atoms and 2 oxygen atoms

• 4 nitrogen atoms and 4 oxygen atoms

Select the formula that corresponds to diboron tetrabromide.

• Br₂Bo₄

• Br₂B₄

• B₂Br₄

• Bo₄B₂