Vocabulary
Bond Types
Lewis Diagrams
Molecular Forces
Potpourri
100

The energy it takes to break a bond

Bond energy

100

A bond where electrons are lost or gained.

Ionic

100

Draw Cl2

single bond, each chlorine has 3 unshared pairs

100

TRUE or FALSE?

All ionically bonded compounds are polar.

TRUE!  They have a + and - ion (so they have opposite charges on opposite sides)

100

DAILY TRIPLE!

What are the 3 elements that commonly form double and triple bonds?

carbon

nitrogen

oxygen

200
A pair of electrons that are not involved in a bond

unshared pair

200

What type of bond forms between 2 nonmetals?

Covalent

200

Draw NH3

all single bonds, 1 unshared pair on nitrogen

200

DAILY DOUBLE!

What are 2 terms for a molecule with a positively and negatively charged sides?

Polar

Dipole

200

Draw NH4 +1

Tetrahedral with brackets and charge

300

The mixing of orbital shapes (s + p)

hybridization

300

A bond between a metal and a nonmetal

Ionic

300

Draw N2

triple bond, each nitrogen has 1 unshared pair of electrons

300

Term for attraction between 2 polar molecules

dipole-dipole forces

300

What does VSEPR stand for?

Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

400

The ability of metals to be bent or dented without breaking

malleability

400

What is the simplest formula when aluminum bonds to oxygen?

Al2O3

400

DAILY DOUBLE!

1) Draw HCN

2) What shape does it have?

1) triple bond between C and N, single between H and C.  1 unshared pair on N.

2) linear

400

What attractive force allows DNA to zip and unzip?

hydrogen bonds

400

Term for 2 different molecules with the same formula

isomer
500

A molecule that gains or loses electrons

Polyatomic ion

500

All diatoms form this type of bond.

(ionic, polar covalent, nonpolar covalent, metallic)

Nonpolar covalent (electronegativity difference = 0)

500

What geometric shape does CH2O

Trigonal planar

500

The only attractive force that noble gases exhibit due to the motion of their electrons

London dispersion forces

500

Another name for intermolecular forces (the last name of their discoverer)

Van der Waals forces
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