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1
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What is polarity?

A

Polarity refers to the distribution of electric charge across a chemical bond between two atoms

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What are intramolecular forces?

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Bonds that form within a molecule

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3
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What are intermolecular forces?

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Bonds formed between molecules

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4
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What type of bonding involves the sharing of electrons between atoms?

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Covalent bonding

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5
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Fill in the blank: In an ionic bond, electrons are ______ between atoms.

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transferred

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6
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What type of bond forms between a metal and a nonmetal?

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Ionic bond

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7
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What type of bond forms between a nonmetal and a nonmetal?

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Covalent bond

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8
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What is a co-ordinate bond?

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A covalent bond in which both of the shared pair of electrons come from 1 of the atoms

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9
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What is a hydrogen bond?

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A weak electrostatic attraction between a hydrogen atom and a highly electronegative atom such as:

  • Nitrogen
  • Oxygen
  • Fluorine
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10
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What is the primary force holding water molecules together?

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Hydrogen bonding

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11
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What is the shape of a water molecule due to its polarity?

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Bent shape

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12
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What determines the strength of a covalent bond?

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The number of shared electrons

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13
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What type of bond is formed between two atoms with similar electronegativities?

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Nonpolar covalent bond

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14
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What type of bond is formed between atoms with an electronegativity difference of 0.4 - 1.9

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Polar covalent bond

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15
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What type of bond is formed between atoms with an electronegativity difference of >2

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Likely ionic

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16
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What is a dipole?

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a molecule or bond with opposite charges at its ends

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17
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What is the VSEPR theory used for?

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Predicting the shape of molecules based on the repulsion of electron pairs.

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18
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What does VSEPR theory stand for?

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Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion

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19
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What is the bond angle in a water molecule?

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104.5 degrees

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20
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What Van der Waals?

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A temporary attractive force that results from the movement of electrons in molecules.

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21
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What type of forces are responsible for the surface tension of water?

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Hydrogen bonding

22
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What is a van der Waals force?

A

Weak intermolecular forces between atoms or molecules.

23
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What is the strongest type of intermolecular force?

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Hydrogen bonding

24
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What is a metallic bond?

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A bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and delocalized electrons.

25
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What is the structure of a diamond?

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A giant covalent structure where each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four others in a tetrahedral arrangement.

26
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What is the shape of a methane molecule?

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Tetrahedral

27
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What type of bond is present in a nitrogen molecule (N2)?

A

Triple covalent bond

28
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What is the shape of a carbon dioxide molecule?

29
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What is the bond angle in a carbon dioxide molecule?

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180 degrees

30
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What is the structure of a graphite crystal?

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Layers of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice.

31
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When do ions form?

A

When atoms gain or lose electrons by electron transfer

32
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What do the electrons in a covalent bond have?

A

Opposite spins

33
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What are cations

A

positive ions

34
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What are anions

A

negative ions

35
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What causes the ionic bond during ionic bonding?

A

The electrostatic force of attraction between 2 ions of opposite charge

36
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What does a single covalent bond contain?

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Two electrons, one from each atom, shared between them with opposite spins

37
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What does a double covalent bond contain?

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four electrons, two from each atom

38
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What’s the name for the electrons not used in bonding?

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Lone electrons

39
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Why is nitrogen an unreactive gas?

A

It has strong triple covalent bonds

40
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What is added to crisp packets and why?

A

Nitrogen, as it’s an Unreactive gas due to its strong triple covalent bond

41
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What is an atom which has an empty orbital?

A

Electron deficient

42
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Give 3 examples of coordinate bonds forming

A

-between ammonia + boron trifluoride
-hydrated proton (H30+)
-ammonia ion (NH4+)

43
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Which element can expand its octet rule during ionic bonding and what to?

A

P, to 10 electrons in the outer shell

44
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What occurs between ions of the same charge?

45
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What IS a covalent bond?

A

Attractive force between the positive nuclei and the negative charge cloud of the shared electron pair

46
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Which shape has a bond angle of 180 degrees?

47
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Which shape has a bond angle of 120 degrees degrees?

A

Trigonal Planar

48
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Which shape has a bond angle of 109.5 degrees?

A

Tetrahedral

49
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Which shape has a bond angle of 120 degrees + 90 degrees?

A

Trigonal Bipyramidal

50
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Which shape has a bond angle of 90 degrees?

A

Octahedral

51
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What is the bond angle of a molecule with 2 lone pairs?

A

104.5 degrees

52
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What is the bond angle of a molecule with 1 lone pair?

A

107 degrees

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