Covalent Jeopardy

Molecules and Molecular Compounds

100

The smallest unit of a covalent substance

What is a Molecule

200

Chemical formula that shows the arrangement of atoms in molecules

What is a structural formula?

300

The number of Hydrogen atoms in this molecule:

         CH₃(CH₂)₆OCN(CO₂CH₂CH₃)₂

What is 25?

400

The type of chemical bond found in this formula H₂C=CH₂.

What is a Double Bond?

500

A bond involving two electrons being shared between atoms.

What is a covalent bond?

Writing Structures

100

The type of bond involved in the Diatomic Molecule Cl₂

What is a single bond?

200

The number of unshared pairs that exist in a molecule of H₂S

What are 2?

300

This is the number of valence electrons any halogen has

What is 7?

400

This number is what you use to Check your Lewis Dot Structures

What is the Available?

500

When you subtract the number of available electrons from the number of needed electrons you get this.

What is the shared or short electrons?

Chemical and Molecular Formulas

100

This shows the kinds of atoms and the numbers of atoms in the smallest representative unit of the substance.

What is the Chemical Formula

200

This is the chemical formula for Sulfur Dioxide.

What is SO₂

300

These elements that are shown are called this

          [ F₂    O₂    N₂    Cl₂    Br₂ ]

What are Diatomic Molecules?

400

Even though it can and should be done with ionic formulas, you should not do this when you are writing a molecular formula... even when there are common factors

What is Reduce?

500

A molecular formula shows the composition of a molecule however, it tells you nothing about this.

What is the structure?

Naming Compounds

100

N₂O₅

What is Dinitrogen pentoxide?

200

N₂O

Dinitrogen monoxide

300

K₂S

What is Potassium Sulfide?

400

The formula for trifluoride hexoxide

What is F₃O_6?

500

The formula for Magnesium Fluoride

What is MgF₂?

Potpourri

100

The X in AXE represents this.

What is the number of atoms bonded to the central atom?

200

Compounds with very low melting points that are usually liquids and gasses at room temperature.

What are covalent compounds?

300

The Shape that is associated with AX₃

What is Trigonal Planar

400

Covalent compounds have mixed this with water

What is solubility?

500

The number of bonds in triphosphophorus octoxide

What is 10