Type of bond where electrons are shared between atoms.
What is a covalent bond?
In an ionic bond, metals _______ electrons.
What is lose?
The octet rule states that atoms want this many valence electrons.
What is 8?
The chemical formula for calcium and chlorine.
What is CaCl₂?
The shape of a CH₄ molecule.
What is tetrahedral?
Type of bond where electrons are transferred from one atom to another.
What is an ionic bond?
In an ionic bond, this type of element gains electrons.
What are nonmetals?
This element is the exception to the octet rule.
What is hydrogen?
The amount of bonds connecting each sulfur to carbon in CS₂.
What are double bonds? (2)
The shape of a CS₂ molecule.
What is linear?
Type of bond described as a “sea of electrons.”
What is a metallic bond?
The ion formed from Potassium.
What is K+?
How many valence electrons will carbon dioxide have?
What is 16?
The steric number of NH₃.
What is 4?
The shape of H2O molecules.
What is bent?
This bond includes a cation and an anion.
What is an ionic bond?
Elements from group 2 will bond with this many atoms from group 17.
What is two?
This is how you tell if an element should go in the middle of a covalent bond.
What is the least electronegative?
The chemical formula for aluminum oxide.
What is Al2O3?
The shape of an NH₃ molecule.
What is trigonal pyramid?
The reason why the noble gasses are the most stable elements on the periodic table.
This force keeps ionic bonds together.
The trend for electronegativity.
What is up and to the right?
The name of a an element that bonds to itself.
What is a diatomic element?
The reason how lone pairs affect molecular geometry.
What is repelling bonding pairs, changing bond angles and shapes?