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Question 1

What happens with electrons during nonpolar bonds?

Answer 1

A nonpolar covalent bond is a covalent bond in which the bonding electrons are shared equally between the two atoms.

Question 2

What happens with electrons during polar bonds?

Answer 2

In a polar covalent bond, the electrons are unequally shared by the atoms and spend more time close to one atom than the other.

Question 3

What happens with electrons during ionic bonds?

Answer 3

The atom that loses the electrons becomes a positively charged ion (cation), while the one that gains them becomes a negatively charged ion (anion).

Question 4

Ionic and covalent differences

Answer 4

Covalent bonding involves the sharing of electrons between two or more atoms. Ionic bonds form when two or more ions come together and are held together by charge differences.

Question 5

Explain how electronegativity determines what type of bond two atoms will form

Answer 5

large differences in electronegativity result in ionic bonds, while smaller differences result in covalent bonds