2.3 study guide

Question 1

What does ionic bonding happen between?

Answer 1

metal and nonmetal

Question 2

What happens to electrons in ionic bonding?

Answer 2

electrons are transferred

Question 3

What does a polar covalent bond happen between?

Answer 3

nonmetals

Question 4

What does a nonpolar covalent bond happen between?

Answer 4

nonmetals

Question 5

What happens to the electrons in a polar covalent bond?

Answer 5

They are shared inequally

Question 6

What happens to the electrons in a nonpolar covalent bond?

Answer 6

They are shared equally.

Question 7

Given two nonmetal atoms that are the same element, what bond will form and why?

Answer 7

Nonpolar covalent, atoms have exact same charge

Question 8

Given a metal and a nonmetal atom, what bond will form and why?

Answer 8

Ionic, only forms with metal and nonmetal

Question 9

How does electronegativity determine what type of bond two atoms will form?

Answer 9

The atom with the higher electronegativity will attract the shared electrons more strongly. The strength of attraction and atom type determines bond.

Question 10

How do ionic substances dissolve in water?

Answer 10

Ionic bonds are broken apart into separate atoms when exposed to water.

Question 11

How do covalent substances dissolve in water?

Answer 11

Covalent substances separate the molecules of a substance, but the bonds still stick together.