Bonding Review

Ionic bonds are formed when electrons get

• Shared between two atoms

• Removed from both atoms

• Transferred from one atom to another

• Added to both atoms

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Ionic bonds typically form between

• A metal and a nonmetal

• Two nonmetals

• Two metals

• A metalloid and a metal

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Metals (like Na) typically _____ electrons in the formation of ionic bonds.

• Gain

• Lose

• Keep the same

Nonmetals (like Cl) typically ____ electrons when they form ionic bonds.

• Gain

• Lose

• Keep the same

What is the main difference between ionic and covalent bonding?

• Ionic bonding involves the sharing of electrons, while covalent bonding involves the transfer of electrons.

• Ionic bonding involves the transfer of electrons, while covalent bonding involves the sharing of electrons.

• Both ionic and covalent bonding involve the sharing of electrons.

• Both ionic and covalent bonding involve the transfer of electrons.

Two nonmetals from Region 3 combine. This is most likely a ​ (a)  

• covalent bond

• ionic bond

• metallic bond

• james bond

Which pair of elements should form an ionic bond?

• Carbon and Oxygen

• Sodium and Fluorine

• Iron and Chromium

• Xenon and Silicon

Beryllium will ____ valence electrons when forming an ionic bond.

• lose 4

• gain 4

• lose 2

• gain 2

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Which of the following is a characteristic property of ionic compounds?

• They form hard, brittle crystals with characteristic shapes

• They have low melting points

• They have low boiling points

• They contain no charged particles

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This could be the dot diagram of

• Ne

• H

• C

• F

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