Comparing Ionic and Molecular Compounds Vocabulary

Compound

• a substance that has more than one type of element bonded together

• a mixture of two or more elements

• any chemical

• electrons in an excited state

molecular compound

• a substance made of 2 or more nonmetal atoms covalently bonded

• a substance made of 2 or more metal atoms covalently bonded

• a substance made of 2 or more nonmetal atoms ionically bonded

• a substance made of 2 or more metal atoms ionically bonded

covalent bond

• a bond between atoms that involve a transfer of electrons

• a bond between atoms that involve sharing electrons

• a bond between positive cores and a "sea of electrons"

• a bond between molecules

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ionic bond

• a bond between atoms that involve sharing electrons

• a bond between atoms that involve a transfer of electrons

• a bond between a positive core and a "sea of electrons"

• a bond between molecules

ionic compound

• a substance made of metal and nonmetal atoms bonded ionically

• a substance made of nonmetal atoms bonded ionically

• a substance made of metal and nonmetal atoms bonded covalently

• a substance made of nonmetal atoms bonded covalently

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electrostatic force

• the attractive or repulsive force between charged particles

• the force between earth and another object

• the kinetic energy of a substance

• the force between non-charged particles

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molecule

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• the representative unit of a molecular compound

• more than one nonmetal covalently bonded together

• covalent compound

• formula unit

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formula unit

• the smallest representation of an ionic compound

• the lowest ratio of metal to nonmetal in an ionic compound

• the repeating unit of an ionic crystal

• the atoms that are covalently bonded together

discrete

• individually separate and distinct

• small and dense

• confidential

• large and fluffy