Chemical Bonding

Front

What is the same within each group on the periodic table?

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Number of valence electrons

Front

What is the charge of a sodium ion with 11 protons and 10 electrons?

Back

1+

Front

An electron in the outermost energy level of an atom.

Back

Valence Electron

Front

A repeating three-dimensional pattern that forms when ions bond is called _____________.

Back

Crystal Lattice

Front

What are elements found in nature as diatomic molecules?

Back

Diatomic elements

Front

Why can metals be shaped?

Back

Metallic bonds

Front

What allows metals to bond?

Back

Overlapping outer energy levels

Front

Atoms that do not easily lose electrons form ____________.

Back

Covalent bonds

Front

How many electrons fill the outermost energy level of an atom?

Back

8

Front

The bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them is a(n) ________.

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Metallic Bond