Molecular Chemistry

Formed when a non-metal shares electrons with another non-metal.

• ionic compound
• molecular compound

Elements can achieve the noble gas electron configuration by

• Sharing electrons

• Transferring electrons

Noble gases are

• Stable and inert

• Group 18 of the periodic table

• They gain stability by sharing or transferring electrons

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Which is true about the molecular formula of a compound

• It represents how the atoms are arranged in space

• It represents the exact bonding of atoms

• It represents the number and type of atoms present in a molecule

Name the type of representation

• Molecular formula

• Space-filling model

• Structural formula

• Ball-and-stick model

A molecular compound is made up of ______, bonded together by ______ bond

• two or more non-metals, ionic

• two or more non-metals, covalent

• metal and non-metal, ionic

• metal and non-metal, covalent

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1