What is the primary difference in the formation of ionic and covalent compounds?
Ionic vs Covalent Compounds - what's the difference?

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Ionic compounds form between two metals, while covalent compounds form between a metal and a nonmetal.
Ionic compounds form between a metal and a nonmetal, while covalent compounds form between two nonmetals.
Ionic compounds share electrons, while covalent compounds transfer electrons.
Ionic compounds do not involve valence electrons, while covalent compounds do.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Why do ionic compounds transfer electrons?
Because metals and nonmetals are close on the periodic table.
Because of the large difference in electronegativity between metals and nonmetals.
Because nonmetals have low electronegativity.
Because metals have high electronegativity.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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What role does electronegativity play in the formation of ionic compounds?
It has no effect on ionic compound formation.
It causes metals to share electrons with nonmetals.
It leads to the transfer of electrons from nonmetals to metals.
It results in the transfer of electrons from metals to nonmetals.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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Why do covalent compounds share electrons?
Because they are formed between a metal and a nonmetal.
Because one atom has a much higher electronegativity than the other.
Because the atoms involved have similar electronegativity.
Because the electronegativity difference between the atoms is large.
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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
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In a covalent bond between oxygen and fluorine, why do the atoms share electrons?
Because oxygen has a much higher electronegativity than fluorine.
Because fluorine has a much higher electronegativity than oxygen.
Because neither atom is strong enough to take the electron from the other.
Because they are both metals.
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