Chemical Bonding Notes

A covalent bond forms when electrons are:

• Transferred

• Shared

• Removed

• Doubled

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Covalent bonds only happen between:

• Metals and non-metals

• Non-metals

• Metals

• Gases

Ionic Bonding involves...

• the transfer of protons

• the transfer of neutrons

• the transfer of electrons

• none of these choices

What elements generally compose a covalent bond?

• metal and nonmetal

• 2 or more nonmetals

• metal

• none of the above

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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

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Magnesium Bromide is a (an) ________ compound

• metallic

• covalent

• ionic

• organic

How is the bond in F₂ different from the bond in KCl ?

• F₂ is covalent and KCl is ionic

• F₂ is ionic and KCl is covalent

• F₂ is ionic and KCl is ionic

• F₂ is ionic and KCl is ionic

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When naming COVALENT/MOLECULAR compounds, you use ______ to indicate the amount of each element in the name.

• prefixes

• coefficients

• subscripts

• superscripts

The formula for the ionic compound of magnesium and nitrogen would be

• MgN₂

• MgN

• Mg₃N₂

• MgN₃

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What is the chemical name for NI₃ ?

• Nitrogen hydroxide

• Nitrogen trinitride

• Nitrogen triiodide

• Triiodide mononitrogen

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