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The Nature of Covalent Bonding

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many bonds can a carbon atom form?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

A covalent bond in which one atom contributes both bonding electrons is called

a)

a coordinate covalent bond

b)

an ionic bond

c)

a metallic bond

d)

a cooperative bond

3.

NH4+ would be classified as a

a)

monatomic ion

b)

polyatomic ion

c)

ammonia

d)

nitrogen

4.

A shared pair of electrons creates

a)

A triple bond

b)

An ionic bond

c)

A double bond

d)

A single bond

5.

In order to achieve noble gas configuration, what happens with the electrons in covalent bonds?

a)

Electrons are gained or lost to create ions

b)

Electron pairs are sharedf

c)

Electrons are lost to space

d)

No one is sure

6.

What type of covalent bond is between the carbons?

(a)  

7.

Each pair of dots on this dot structure for water represents

a)

protons

b)

a pair of eyes

c)

an unshared pair

d)

a bond

8.

Choose the correct electron dot structure for bromine.

a)

Br

b)

c)

Br2

d)

9.

Hydrogen peroxide, H2O2, has this dot structure:

a)

b)

c)

d)

10.

Hydroxide has which electron dot structure:

a)

b)

c)

d)

11.

Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), that cannot satisfy the octet rule because it has an odd number of total valence electrons, is

a)

stable.

b)

unstable.

c)

impossible to form.

d)

ionic in nature.

12.

How many bonds does diatomic nitrogen have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

13.

An electron dot structure such as H:H represents the _______________ of the covalent bond by two dots.

a)

sigma bond

b)

shared pair

c)

order of operations

d)

unshared electrons

14.

What formula represents the covalent bonds by dashes and shows the arrangement of covalently bonded atoms?

a)

unshared

b)

ionic

c)

molecular

d)

structural

15.

An unshared pair is

a)

two noble gases

b)

a pair of valence electrons that is shared between atoms

c)

a pair of valence electrons that is not shared between atoms

d)

A diatomic molecule

16.

How many unpaired electrons does oxygen have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

17.

Sharing two pairs of electrons to attain noble gas configuration results in

a)

a single bond

b)

a double bond

c)

a triple bond

d)

a lone pair

18.

Choose the diatomic elements with single bonds

a)

O2

b)

N2

c)

Cl2

d)

I2

19.

Choose the best structural formula for CO2

a)

::O=C=O::

b)

:O=C=O:

c)

O=C=O

d)

::C=O=C::

20.

Choose the polyatomic ion

a)

Cl-

b)

SO4-

c)

N3-

d)

S2-

21.

What is true of most polyatomic cations and ions?

a)

they contain only coordinate covalent bonds

b)

they contain only covalent bonds

c)

they contain both covalent and coordinate covalent bonds.

d)

they contain ionic bonds since they are ions

22.

The stronger the covalent bond, the

a)

smaller the bond dissociation energy.

b)

larger the bond dissociation energy

c)

more metallic in character it is.

d)

more it attracts oxygen

23.

The energy needed to break one mole of bonds is called the

a)

heat of formation

b)

heat of reaction

c)

bond dissociation energy

d)

enthalpy