5.2

Question 1

What happens to electrons during ionic bonds and nonpolar and polar covalent bonds?

Answer 1

In ionic bonds, valence electrons are ripped away from one atom and go to the other one, happens between nonmetals and metals, as nonmetals have a higher electronegativity than metals. In nonpolar covalent bonds, both atoms have equal electronegativity, so they pull on the electron equally. In polar covalent bonds, one atom has a slightly higher electronegativity than the other, so the electron is closer to the more electronegative atom, making that one partially negative, and the other atom partially positive.

Question 2

What bond will two chlorine atoms form?

Answer 2

Nonpolar covalent, they have equal electronegativity as they are the same atoms.

Question 3

Which atoms have higher electronegativity, and which have lower?

Answer 3

Nonmetals usually have higher electronegativity, and metals usually have lower.

Question 4

What kind of bond is the one where one atom is partially negative, and the other is partially postive?

Answer 4

Polar covalent.