Ch. 8 Vocab

Question 1

The tendency of an atoms in a compound to attract electrons

Answer 1

Electronegativity

Question 2

A kind of bond in which there is unequal sharing of electrons

Answer 2

Polar covalent

Question 3

Any bond in which there is electron sharing

Answer 3

Covalent bond

Question 4

The particle formed when two or more atoms bond covalently

Answer 4

Molecule

Question 5

Reactions that occur when more energy is released forming new bonds than is required to break bonds in the initial reactants

Answer 5

Exothermic

Question 6

A kind of bond in which electrons are shared in an area centered between the two atoms

Answer 6

Sigma bond

Question 7

A kind of bond formed by overlap of parallel orbitals

Answer 7

Pi bond

Question 8

Any acidic compound that contains oxygen

Answer 8

Oxyacid

Question 9

A model that shows how the atoms are arranged in a molecule

Answer 9

Structural formula

Question 10

Reactions that occur when more energy is required to break existing bonds in reactants than is released when new bonds form in the product molecules

Answer 10

Endothermic

Question 11

A condition that occurs when more than one valid Lewis structure can be drawn for a molecule

Answer 11

Resonance

Question 12

A kind of bond in which one of the atoms provides both electrons for sharing

Answer 12

Coordinate covalent bond

Question 13

The model used to determine molecular shape

Answer 13

VSEPR model

Question 14

The combining of orbitals in an atom to form new, identical orbitals

Answer 14

Hybridization