4.3 Chemical Bonds

Question 1

electronegativity

Answer 1

measure of how strongly atoms attract new bonding electrons to themselves

Question 2

atom with highest EN is

Answer 2

fluorine

Question 3

sometimes the pull is equal and

Answer 3

sometimes it is not

Question 4

nonpolar covalent happens when

Answer 4

atoms have equal pulls/EN

Question 5

polar covalent occurs when

Answer 5

one atom has a lower pull, the other has a stronger pull

Question 6

ionic happens when

Answer 6

atoms have a large difference in EN/pulls

Question 7

nonpolar covalent means that

Answer 7

electrons are shared equally

Question 8

polar covalent means that

Answer 8

electrons are shared unequally