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Bonding and Naming

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3605secs

Name
Class
Date
1.
What elements generally make an ionic bond?
a)
metal and nonmetal
b)
2 nonmetals
c)
metal
d)
none of the above
2.
What elements generally make a covalent bond?
a)
metal and nonmetal
b)
2 nonmetals
c)
metal
d)
none of the above
3.
In chemical compounds, covalent bonds form when
a)
the electronegativity difference between two atoms is very large.
b)
electrons are completely transferred between two metals.
c)
pairs of electrons are shared between two nonmetal atoms.
d)
two nonmetal atoms are attracted to each other by opposite charges.
4.
Predict the bond that will form between Be and F.
a)
Ionic
b)
Covalent
5.
Predict the bond that will form between Se and Cl
a)
Ionic
b)
Covalent
6.
What happens when an atom loses an electron?
a)
It becomes Negatively Charged
b)
It remains neutral because the proton also leaves.
c)
It becomes Positively Charged
d)
It stays the same.
7.
The number of _____ is most important in determining how an atoms will bond. 
a)
Neutrons
b)
Protons
c)
Valence Electrons
d)
Electron sin the innermost shell
8.

Ionic Bonding involves:

a)

The transfer of protons

b)

The transfer of neutrons

c)

The transfer of electrons

d)

None Of the above

9.

Covalent compounds:

a)

Share electrons

b)

Transfer electrons

c)

Neither

10.

What is a valence electron?

a)

an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom.

b)

an electron found in the innermost shell of an atom.

c)

an electron found in the middle shell.

11.

What is the number of valence electrons for Neon and the other Noble Gases?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

12.

Typically, atoms are more stable when they are

a)

bonded together

b)

apart from each other

13.
Name the compound S2F8
a)
sulfur (II) fluoride
b)
disulfur octafluoride
c)
sulfur fluorine
d)
sulfur octafluoride
14.

What is Ca3N2 called?

a)

calcium nitride

b)

calcium (II) nitride

c)

calcium nitrogen

d)

tricalcium dinitride

15.
What is the name for SrO?
a)
strontium monoxide
b)
strontium oxide
c)
strontium (II) oxide
d)
strontium oxygen (II)
16.
Name: PI3
a)
phosphorous (III) iodide
b)
monophosphorous iodide
c)
phosphorous triiodide
d)
phosphide
17.
Which of the following is a covalent compound?
a)
CH4
b)
NaCl
c)
K3PO4
d)
Zn(OH)
18.

LiBr is called

a)

lithium bromine

b)

lithium (I) bromine

c)

lithium bromide

d)

lithuim (I) bromide

19.
What is the correct formula for Sodium Oxide?
a)
NaO
b)
NaO2
c)
Na2O
d)
Na2O2
20.

When naming ionic compounds with transition metals you need to include roman numerals to show the _____ of the metal..

a)

atomic number

b)

mass number

c)

charge

d)

ionization energy

21.
Metals tend to 
a)
gain electrons
b)
lose electrons
22.
Nonmetals tend to 
a)
gain electrons
b)
lose electrons
23.
How do the following two elements bond together?
Al3+  O2-         
a)
AlO
b)
Al2O3
c)
Al3O6
d)
Al3O2
24.
What is the correct formula for the compound, lithium oxide?
a)
LiO
b)
Li2O
c)
LiO2
d)
Li2O2
25.
Name the following ionic compound: BeCl2
a)
beryllium chlorine
b)
beryllium II chloride
c)
beryllium chloride
d)
beryllium dichloride
26.
What is C3H8 
(methane) made up of?
a)
1 carbon & 1 hydrogen
b)
3 carbons & 8 hydrogens
c)
8 carbons & 3 hydrogen
d)
11 carbons & 11 hydrogen
27.

What type of bond does a water molecule have?

a)

ionic

b)

covalent

28.
Ca+2, O-2
a)
CaO
b)
OCa
c)
Ca-2O+2
d)
Ca2O2
29.
Ca+2P-3
a)
PCa
b)
P2Ca3
c)
CaP
d)
Ca3P2
30.
Element or compound?
H2O
a)
element
b)
compound