Ionic Covalent Properties

Ionic or covalent?
H  O

• Ionic

• Covalent

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Organize these options into properties of ionic compounds or properties of covalent compounds

Groups:

(a) Properties of Ionic Compounds

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(b) Properties of Covalent Compounds

• Cannot conduct electricity when dissolved in water

• High melting and boiling points

• Low melting and boiling point

• Can conduct electricity when dissolved in water

• Made up a (+) metallic ions and (-) nonmetallic ions after metal transferred e- to nonmetal

• Arranged in regular repeating patterns and crystals

• Made up of nonmetals sharing e-

• Molecules that can be solid, liquid, or gas

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Which type of bond is formed between a metal and a nonmetal?

• Polar

• Metallic

• Covalent

• Ionic

What are the properties of ionic compounds?

• Made up of nonmetals sharing electrons

• Solid, liquid, or gas

• High melting and boiling points

• Cannot conduct electricity when dissolved in water

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Valence electrons are transferred

• Ionic bonds

• Covalent bonds

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

• Ionic compounds

• Covalent compounds

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Identify the following compound as ionic or covalent: MgO

• ionic

• covalent

Identify the following compound as ionic or covalent: SO₂

• ionic

• covalent

Identify the following compound as ionic or covalent: CF₄

• ionic

• covalent

Which of the following is a property of ionic compounds?

• Low melting and boiling points

• Conduct electricity when dissolved in water

• Made up of nonmetals sharing electrons

• Exist as molecules