Understanding How Atoms Bond

What are the two main types of atomic bonding mentioned in the passage?

• Ionic bonding and covalent bonding

• Metallic bonding and hydrogen bonding

• Van der Waals bonding and ionic bonding

• Covalent bonding and metallic bonding

In ionic bonding, what happens to the electrons?

• They are transferred between atoms

• They are shared between atoms

• They are lost to the environment

• They are split into smaller particles

Which type of bond usually occurs between non-metal atoms?

• Covalent bonding

• Ionic bonding

• Metallic bonding

• Hydrogen bonding

What is bond strength?

• It refers to how strongly atoms are held together in a bond

• It is the energy required to break a bond

• It is the number of bonds an atom can form

• It is the distance between bonded atoms

Why are ionic bonds generally strong?

• Because of the attraction between opposite charges

• Because they involve the sharing of electrons

• Because they occur between non-metals

• Because they are formed by metals only