Chapter 1 Flashcards
What is the combining of atoms to form molecules or ionic compounds?
chemical bonding
What is an interaction that holds atoms or ionic compounds?
chemical bond
What is an electron that is found in the outermost shell of an atom and that determines the atom’s
valence electrons
What is a bond that forms when electrons are transferred from one atom to another, which results in a positive ion and a negative ion?
ionic bond
What is a charged particle that forms an atom or group of atoms gains or loses one or more electrons?
an ion
What is the regular pattern in which a crystal is arranged?
crystal lattice
What is a bond that forms when atoms share one or more electrons?
covalent bond
What is the smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of the physical and chemical properties of that substance?
a molecule
What is a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged ions and the electrons around them?
a metallic bond
