Chapter 5 Flashcards
Chemical bond
The attractive forces that hold different atoms or ions together in compounds.
Chemical structure
How a compounds atoms or ions are connected.
Bond length
Gives the distance between the nuclei of two bonded atoms.
Bond angles
Tell how atoms are oriented in space
Ionic bond
Formed between oppositely charged ions.
Metallic bond
The atoms in metals like copper.
Covalent bond
Compounds that are made of molecules, like water and sugar.
Polyatomic ion
Groups of covalently bonded atoms that have either lost or gained electrons.
Empirical formula
Simplest formula
Molecular formula
Tells how many atoms are in one molecule of the compound.
Organic compound
Covalently bonded compound made of molecules.
Polymer
Large molecules
Carbohydrate
Sugar glucose
Protein
Made of many different molecules that are called amino acids.
Amino acid
Made of carbo, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen.