Giant Covalent Bond

Question 1

Examples

Answer 1

diamond, graphite, sand

Question 2

Definition

Answer 2

Covalent bonded compounds with different properties

Question 3

Giant covalent bonded molecules commonality

Answer 3

ALLOTROPES of carbon

Question 4

Allotrope

Answer 4

Different forms of the same element. Atoms and physical state is kept the same but arrangement is different

Question 5

Structure of diamond

Answer 5

Like a family tree with 3 branches starting with only one carbon

Question 6

Properties of diamond

Answer 6

Doesn’t conduct electricity (all valence electrons are bonding)
Hardest natural substance because highest melting point at 3500 Celsius
insoluble in water

Question 7

4 allotropes of carbon

Answer 7

Diamond
Graphite
Graphene
Coal

Question 8

Structure of graphite

Answer 8

atoms for hexagons which layer on top of each other repeated millions of times

Question 9

Properties of graphite

Answer 9

soft slippery
each carbon bonds to 3 carbons
conducts electricity because of 1 free electron
insoluble in water

Question 10

Sand

Answer 10

Silicon dioxide (SiO<2)

Question 11

Sand structure

Answer 11

Each silicon atom bonded with 4 oxygen atoms
Each oxygen atom bonded to 2 silicon atom
in a tetrahedron

Question 12

Sand properties

Answer 12

hard
high melting and boiling points
not soluble in water (mud)
does not conduct electricity