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Ionic or Covalent?

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of bonding does this picture show?

a)

Ionic

b)

Covalent

2.

What type of bonding does this picture show?

a)

Ionic

b)

Covalent

3.

Valence electrons are shared

a)

Ionic bonds

b)

Covalent bonds

4.

Valence electrons are transferred

a)

Ionic bonds

b)

Covalent bonds

5.
Where are the nonmetals located on the periodic table? 
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Green
6.

The chemical bond between a non-metal and another non-metal will be a ________ bond.

a)

metal

b)

ionic

c)

covalent

d)

polar

7.
What two types of atoms make a covalent bond?
a)
2 Nonmetals
b)
1 Nonmetal and 1 Metal
c)
2 Metals
d)
2 Noble Gases
8.

When two nonmetals do not share electrons evenly, the resulting covalent bond will be

a)

nonpolar

b)

polar

c)

ionic

d)

metallic

9.

Which category of elements usually form negative ions?

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

metalloids

d)

noble gases

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.
According to the octet rule most elements need _______ valence electrons.
a)
2
b)
8
c)
6
d)
18
12.

The positive ions tend to _____________ electrons.

a)

lose

b)

gain

13.

The negative ions tend to _____________ electrons.

a)

lose

b)

gain

14.

When an atom loses an electron, it becomes a

a)

positive ion

b)

negative ion

c)

neutral ion

d)

neutral atom

15.

Why do all bonds form?

a)

so the number of protons equals the number of electrons

b)

so an atom can become unstable

c)

to fill the outermost energy level

16.
Where are metals located on the periodic table?
a)
Blue
b)
Green
c)
Red
17.

What type of elements form cations?

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

metalloids?

18.

How does calcium become a calcium ion?

a)

it loses 2 electrons

b)

it gains 2 electrons

19.

Cations

a)

Gain electrons, has an overall positive charge

b)

Lose electrons, has an overall positive charge

c)

Lose electrons, has an overall negative charge

d)

Gain electrons, has an overall negative charge

20.

How does oxygen become an oxide ion?

a)

it loses 2 electrons

b)

it gains 2 electrons

21.
Is hydrogen considered a metal or a non-metal?
a)
A metal
b)
Nonmetal
c)
Metalloid
22.
An electron has what kind of charge?
a)
no charge
b)
positive 
c)
negative
d)
it depends
23.

How many Aluminum atoms are in Al2O3?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

2

d)

1

24.

In an ionic bond, the ions are held together because...

a)

the positive nucleus of each ion attracts the other ion's negatively charged electrons

b)

the ions have opposite charges

c)

as the electron moved from one atom to another it pulled the atom along with it

d)

electrons are being shared

25.
A charged particle that has gained or lost electrons is called a _____.
a)
molecule
b)
ion
c)
isotope
d)
element
26.
Ionic bonds form between metals and ____.
a)
metalloids
b)
metals
c)
nonmetals
27.
Is carbon considered a metal or a non-metal?
a)
metal
b)
nonmetal
c)
other