Unit 6 Vocab Quiz Study Guide

Atom that has a charge.

• polyatomic ion
• Molecule
• Ion
• Anion
• Cation

Atom that has a negative charge.

• polyatomic ion
• Molecule
• Ion
• Anion
• Cation

Atom that has a positive charge.

• polyatomic ion
• Molecule
• Ion
• Anion
• Cation

transferring electrons between a metal and a nonmetal.

• metallic bond
• Covalent bond
• polar covalent bond
• chemical bond
• ionic bond

Sharing electrons between two nonmetals.

• metallic bond
• Covalent bond
• polar covalent bond
• chemical bond
• ionic bond

two or more atoms connected by chemical bonds, which form the smallest unit of a substance that retains the composition and properties of that substance.

• metallic bond
• Covalent bond
• Molecule
• chemical bond
• chemical formula

bonds between two atoms where the electrons forming the bond are unequally shared.

• metallic bond
• polar covalent bond
• chemical bond
• ionic bond
• chemical formula

groups of atoms covalently bonded together, but the group of atoms as a whole has a charge.

• polyatomic ion
• Molecule
• polar covalent bond
• Ion
• Anion

a metal made by combining two or more metallic elements, especially to give greater strength or resistance to corrosion.

• metallic bond
• Alloy
• Molecule
• electron dot diagram
• Crystal

a solid material whose constituents are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure,

• Alloy
• Molecule
• ionic bond
• chemical formula
• Crystal