Covalent bonding

Question 1

What is another way elements bond apart from ionic bonding?

Answer 1

Covalent bonding.

Question 2

What is covalent bonding?

Answer 2

Where atoms share electrons in their outer shells (highest energy level).

Question 3

What does both atoms bonding covalently mean?

Answer 3

That they feel as though they have a full outer shell, which gives them the electronic structure of a noble gas.

Question 4

What does each covalent bond provide?

Answer 4

Extra shared electrons for each atom.

Question 5

What is a covalent bond?

Answer 5

A shared pair of electrons.

Question 6

What does each atom involved in covalent bonding have to do?

Answer 6

Make enough covalent bonds to fill up its outer shell.

Question 7

What examples of covalent bonding do we need to know?

Answer 7

• Hydrogen.
• Chlorine.
• Methane.
• Hydrogen Chloride.
• Ammonia.
• Water.
• Oxygen.

Question 8

What is the formula for hydrogen?

Answer 8

H2.

Question 9

What is the formula for chlorine?

Answer 9

Cl2.

Question 10

What is the formula for methane?

Answer 10

CH4.

Question 11

What is the formula for hydrogen chloride?

Answer 11

HCl.

Question 12

What is the formula for ammonia?

Answer 12

NH3.

Question 13

What is the formula for water?

Answer 13

H2O.

Question 14

What is the formula for oxygen?

Answer 14

O2.

Question 15

How do you draw a covalent bond?

Answer 15

• By drawing overlapping circles of the atoms.
• Then drawing their electrons on the circles.
• Then drawing the shared electrons in between the overlap, so that each atom has a full outer shell.