Exploring Chemical Bonding Concepts

Grace is studying different types of chemical bonds. Which of the following is a characteristic of ionic bonding?

• High electrical conductivity in solid state

• Formation of a crystal lattice structure

• Low melting and boiling points

• Sharing of electron pairs

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• Ionic bond

• Nonpolar covalent bond

• Polar covalent bond

• Metallic bond

• Linear

• Trigonal planar

• Tetrahedral

• Bent

Michael is designing a new park and wants to create a triangular flower bed with equal sides. What is the bond angle between the sides in this trigonal planar shape?

• Sodium chloride

• Sodium chlorate

• Sodium chlorite

• Sodium perchlorate

Scarlett is conducting an experiment in her chemistry class to determine the formula for aluminum oxide. Can you help her find the correct formula?

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Maya is conducting an experiment in her chemistry class. She needs to identify which of the following compounds is an example of a covalent compound. Can you help her?

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Nora is conducting an experiment to determine which of the following molecules has a bent shape. Can you help her identify it?

• Phosphorus pentoxide

• Diphosphorus pentoxide

• Phosphorus oxide

• Diphosphorus oxide

• Covalent bonding with shared electrons

• Ionic bonding with transferred electrons

• Metallic bonding with delocalized electrons

• Hydrogen bonding with shared protons

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