Lab Lingo
Covalent Bonding
Ionic or Covalent?
Draw that STRUCTURE
100

True or False: Ionic bonds are made of only nonmetals.

What is false?

100

True or False: In covalent bonding, each atom needs its own eight electrons. 

What is false?

100

KBr (potassium bromide)

Ionic

100

CCl4


200

True or False: Covalent compounds share electrons.

What is true?

200

How many lone pairs does nitrogen have in this lewis dot structure?




1

200

O2

Covalent

200

NH3


300

The transfer of electrons from one atom to another

What is ionic?

300

How many shared pairs of electrons does nitrogen have?


3

300

CO2

Covalent

300

H2CO


400

A molecule that shares electrons equally 

What is nonpolar covalent?

400

Provide the Lewis dot structure of hydoxide (OH-).

400

Copper chloride (CuCl2)

Ionic

400

NH4+


500

The unequal sharing of electrons in a molecule 

What is polar covalent?

500

The valence electrons that are not shared with another atom.

lone pair

500

H2O2

Covalent

500

C2H3N