Vocabulary
Intermolecular Forces
Ionic Bonding
Covalent Bonding
Molecular Geometry
100
A mutual electrical attraction between the nuclei and valence electrons of different atoms that binds atoms together.
What is a chemical bond?
100
Created by equal but opposite charges that are separated by a short distance.
What is a dipole?
100
A compound made of positive and negative ions.
What is ionic compound?
100
A covalently bonded molecule that carries a charge so is an ion.
What is a polyatomic ion?
100
VSEPR
What is valence shell electron pair replusion?
200
Chemical bonding that results from the electrical attraction between cations and anions.
What is ionic bonding?
200
A very force intermolecular force of attraction in which a hydrogen atom is bonded to a very electronegative atom.
What is hydrogen bonding?
200
The simplest collection of atoms from which an ionic compound's formula can be established. Ex. NaCl
What is a formula unit?
200
A neutral group of atoms that are held together by covalent bonds.
What is a molecule?
200
Name the shape and the bond angle of the water molecule.
What is bent or angular and 105 degrees?
300
Results from the sharing of electrons pairs between 2 atoms.
What is covalent bonding?
300
The intermolecular attraction resulting from the constant motion of electrons.
What are London Dispersion Forces?
300
An orderly arrangement ions that minimize the potential energy.
What is crystal lattice?
300
The three elements that do not follow the Octet Rule.
What are Hydrogen, Boron and Helium?
300
Name the shape and the angle of the ammonia molecule.
What is triagonal pyramidal and 107 degrees?
400
The energy required to break a covalent bond.
What is bond energy?
400
Another name for London dispersion forces.
What are van der Waals forces?
400
The energy that is released when one mole of an ionic crystalline compound is formed from gaseous ions.
What is lattice energy?
400
An electron configuration notation in which only the valence electrons of an atom of a particular element are shown.
What is Electron-dot notation or Lewis-dot notation?
400
Name the shape and the bond angle of the methane molecule CH4.
What is tetrahedral and 109.5 degrees?
500
The mixing of two or more atomic orbitals of similar energies on the same atom to produce a new hybrid atomic orbital.
What is hybridization?
500
The strongest intermolecular force.
What is hydrogen bonding?
500
Name three characteristics of ionic compounds.
What is high melting point, solubility in water and conductivity of electricity when dissolved?
500
A bond where the electrons are shared evenly and the electronegativity difference is less than 0.3.
What is a non-polar covalent bond?
500
Name the shape and bond angle of the carbon dioxide molecule.
What is linear and 180 degrees?
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