5.2 Study Guide

Question 1

What happens with electrons in a covalent bond

Answer 1

Atoms fight over electrons
Atoms pulled together

Question 2

Which type of atoms attract electrons strongly

Answer 2

Nonmetals

Question 3

A covalent forms between what atoms

Answer 3

Two nonmetal atoms

Question 4

Is hydrogen considered a metal or nonmetal

Answer 4

Nonmetal, will form covalent bonds with other nonmetals

Question 5

As atoms get closer, does the potential energy increase or decrease, why

Answer 5

Decrease because each atom is attracting the other atom’s electrons more and more strongly

Question 6

As the atoms get closer the protons will start doing what to each other

Answer 6

Repelling each other

Question 7

Atoms at their lowest potential energy

Answer 7

Most stable

Question 8

What is bond length

Answer 8

Distance between centers of two covalently bonded atoms

Question 9

What forms when two electron pairs are being shared

Answer 9

Double bond

Question 10

What forms when three electron pairs are being shared

Answer 10

Triple bond

Question 11

Which type of bonds tend to be the strongest

Answer 11

Triple bonds

Question 12

Metal has ______ attraction
Nonmetals has ______ attraction

Answer 12

Weaker
Stronger attraction

Question 13

In ionic bonds who will always be the winner and the loser

Answer 13

Winner - nonmetal
Loser - metal

Question 14

Non polar covalent bonds

Answer 14

Equal sharing of electrons

Question 15

Polar covalent bonds

Answer 15

Unequal sharing of electrons

Question 16

Ionic bonds

Answer 16

No sharing of electrons in bond

Question 17

Bonding provides _______

Answer 17

Stability

Question 18

Octet rule

Answer 18

8 valence electrons = most stable

Question 19

Atoms are more stable when

Answer 19

They have a full outer valence shell

Question 20

Whether atoms lose or gain electrons depends on

Answer 20

Attraction for valence electrons

Question 21

Metals tend to ___ electrons

Answer 21

Lose

Question 22

Nonmetals tend to ___ electrons

Answer 22

Gain

Question 23

Electronegativity

Answer 23

Measure of how strongly atoms attract new bonding electrons to themselves

Question 24

How do atoms form a covalent bond

Answer 24

Valence electrons attracted to both nuclei, fighting over them

Question 25

Nonpolar ___ pull and electronegativity

Answer 25

Equal

Question 26

Polar ___ pull and electronegativity

Answer 26

Unequal

Question 27

Nonpolar charge

Answer 27

Neutral