Compounds and Bonding Vocab

A method for representing an atom's valence electrons using dots around the chemical symbol.

• Lewis Dot Structure

• Cation

• Anion

• Polyatomic Ion

An atom that has a positive or negative charge.

• Anion

• Cation

• Ion

• Chemical Bond

A negatively charged ion.

• Cation

• Anion

• Polyatomic Ion

• Ion

A positively charged ion

• Cation

• Anion

• Polyatomic Ion

• Ion

Formed when one or more electrons are transferred from one atom to another. Metals bonded to Nonmetals

• Chemical Bond

• Ionic Bond

• Covalent Bond

• Chemical Formula

The force that holds atoms together

• Chemical Bond

• Covalent Bond

• Ionic Bond

• Hydrogen Bond

A combination of chemical symbols and numbers to represent a substance

• Chemical Formula

• Polar Covalent Bonds

• Ion

• Compound

A chemical bond formed when two atoms share electrons. Nonmetals bonded to nonmetals.

• Covalent Bond

• Ionic Bond

• Hydrogen Bond

• Chemical Bond

A group of atoms bonded together

• Molecule

• Nonpolar Compound

• Polyatomic Ion

• Element

Bonds in which electrons are not shared equally between atoms of different elements in a compound.

• Polar Covalent Bonds

• Compounds

• Nonpolar

• Molecule