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Ionic and Covalent Bonding Y10

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of bonding involves sharing electrons?

a)

Ionic

b)

Covalent

c)

Metallic

2.

What kind of bonding and structure tends to be associated with low melting points and boiling points?

a)

Simple molecular covalent

b)

giant ionic lattice

c)

giant molecular covalent

d)

metallic

3.

Which kind of bonding and structure allows substances to conduct electricity when solid?

a)

Metallic

b)

Covalent

c)

Ionic

4.

What happens in terms of subatomic particles when ionic bonds are formed?

a)

loss and gain of electrons

b)

shared pair of electrons

c)

a sea of delocalised electrons

5.

Why does sodium chloride conduct electricity when molten but not when solid?

a)

molten ions can move freely

b)

they're too cold when they're solid

c)

they have too much energy

6.

Name a substance that has a very high melting point and is a non-conductor of electricity in any state.

a)

Diamond

b)

Graphite

c)

Graphene

d)

Buckminsterfullerene

7.

Why do lattice structures usually have high melting points?

a)

Lots of energy is needed to break so many (strong) bonds.

b)

Lots of energy is needed to break so many (weak) bonds

8.

Why does sodium metal conduct electricity?

a)

It contains a sea of delocalised electrons that can carry a current

b)

It can easily move ions around a circuit

c)

metals conduct electricity

9.

Name two types of bonding model.

a)

Dot and cross, structural formula

b)

noughts and crosses, snakes and ladders

c)

chemical formula, plastic models

10.

Name a type of bonding model that is used to show what happens to the electrons in a covalent bond.

a)

dot and cross

b)

molecular formula

c)

3D ball and stick

11.

What does a bond do in an element or compound?

a)

holds atoms together

b)

holds molecules together

c)

holds electrons together

12.

What are electrostatic forces of attraction?

a)

attractions between positive and negative charges

b)

attractions between two people

c)

attractions between positive and positive charges

13.

Which part of an atom’s structure is most involved when two atoms react?

a)

the electrons

b)

the protons

c)

the neutrons

14.

How many electrons are in the outer shell of the elements in group 5?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

15.

What kind of electron arrangement is most stable?

a)

a full outer shell

b)

6 electrons in the outer shell

c)

1 electron in the outer shell

16.

What is the molecular bond of the very common compound water (H2O)?

a)

covalent

b)

ionic

c)

metallic

17.

What are molecules?

a)

groups of atoms held together by (covalent) bonds

b)

an atom by itself

c)

a mixture of atoms

18.

What kinds of elements form ionic bonds?

a)

a metal and a non-metal

b)

only metals

c)

two non-metals

19.

What kinds of elements form covalent bonds?

a)

two non-metals

b)

a metal and a non-metal

c)

only metals

20.

What kinds of elements form metallic bonds

a)

only metals

b)

a metal and a non-metal

c)

two non-metals