Covalent Compounds and Their Properties

The video tutorial explains whether glucose (C6H12O6) is ionic or covalent. By examining the periodic table, it identifies carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen as non-metals, indicating that glucose is a covalent or molecular compound. The video further explains that in covalent compounds, electrons are shared between atoms. The tutorial concludes by recapping that glucose is a covalent compound due to its non-metal components.

What type of elements are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, which are found in glucose?

• Metalloids

• Noble gases

• Non-metals

• Metals

What type of compound is formed when non-metals bond together?

• Covalent compound

• Metallic compound

• Ionic compound

• Alloy

In a covalent compound like glucose, how are the electrons in the bonds managed?

• Transferred from one atom to another

• Held by a single atom

• Lost to the environment

• Shared between atoms

Why is glucose classified as a covalent compound?

• It contains noble gases

• It contains metalloids

• It contains metals

• It contains only non-metals

What is another name for a covalent compound?

• Ionic compound

• Molecular compound

• Metallic compound

• Polyatomic ion