Periodic Table
Sodium loses an electron. Does it become negative or positive?
What is Na+?
When an electron is shared between two nonmetal atoms at the same time
What is a covalent bond?
the combination of chemical symbols and possibly numbers
What is the chemical formula?
Chlorine gains an electron. Does it become negative or positive?
What is Cl-?
noble gasses are always stable because they have ____ number of valence electrons
what is 8?
The chemical formula for 2 atoms of carbon and 4 atoms of hydrogen
What is C2H4?
The way that the electrons behave in ionic bonds
What is transfer?
A covalent bond where the electrons are being shared unequally.
What is a polar covalent bond?
An atom that has 9 electrons and 8 protons would be this type of atom (neutral or ion)
what is an ion?
A ion that is negatively charged
What is a anion?
Water is a covalent bond because ____
What is because it is a combination of Hydrogen and Oxygen, two nonmetals??
When two metals "pool" all of their electrons together they form this type of bond
What is a metallic bond?
The electrons that live on the outermost shell of an atom
What is a valence electron?
the type of atom (metal or nonmetal) that will become negative in a ionic bond
what is a nonmetal?
the charge of both atoms in a covalent bond
the total number of atoms in a molecule of water
What is 3?