2.3 Chemical Bonds

Question 1

What is electronegativity?

Answer 1

measure of how strongly atoms attract new bonding electrons to themselves

Question 2

When is electronegativity strongest on the periodic table?

Answer 2

to the right and up

Question 3

When is electronegativity weakest on the periodic table?

Answer 3

to the left and down

Question 4

What is equal electronegativity?

Answer 4

equal pull on electron pair

Question 5

What is lower electronegativity?

Answer 5

weaker pull on electron pair

Question 6

What is higher electronegativity?

Answer 6

stonger pull on electron pair

Question 7

How can an electron pair lose/gain electronegativity?

Answer 7

it is affected by attraction for valence electrons

Question 8

When are atoms the most stable?

Answer 8

when they have a full valence shell

Question 9

What is a nonpolar covalent bond?

Answer 9

bonding electrons shared unequally between two atoms

Question 10

What is a polar covalent bond?

Answer 10

bonding electrons shared unequally between two atoms

Question 11

What is ionic bonding?

Answer 11

between two atoms with a large difference in electronegativity and on opposite sides of periodic table