Ionic and Covalent Bonding Questions

Ionic bonds are formed when electrons get

• Shared between two atoms

• Removed from both atoms

• Transferred from one atom to another

• Added to both atoms

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Ionic bonds typically form between

• A metal and a nonmetal

• Two nonmetals

• Two metals

• A metalloid and a metal

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Atoms are most stable when their outer shell is complete.

• True

• False

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Cations _______ electrons, becoming _______ charged.

• Gain; positively (+)

• Gain; negatively (-)

• Lose; positively (+)

• Lose; negatively (-)

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Anions ____ electrons, becoming _____ charged.

• Gain; positively (+)

• Gain; negatively (-)

• Lose; positively (+)

• Lose; negatively (-)

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Metals (like Na) typically _____ electrons in the formation of ionic bonds.

• Gain

• Lose

• Keep the same

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Nonmetals (like Cl) typically ____ electrons when they form ionic bonds.

• Gain

• Lose

• Keep the same

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Which pair of elements should form an ionic bond?

• Carbon and Oxygen

• Sodium and Fluorine

• Iron and Chromium

• Xenon and Silicon

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Beryllium will ____ valence electrons when forming an ionic bond.

• lose 4
• gain 4
• lose 2
• gain 2

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In the compound aluminum oxide, which is the cation?

• Al⁺³
• Al
• O^-2
• O