Molecular (covalent) bonding

Question 1

what is a covalent bond

Answer 1

a bond that involves sharing electrons

Question 2

what elements are involved in molecular bonding

Answer 2

two non-metals

Question 3

what is a diatomic molecule

Answer 3

two non-metal atoms of the same element, the element wants to bond to itself

Question 4

what elements are diatomic

Answer 4

hydrogen, oxygen, fluorine, bromine, iodine, nitrogen, chlorine

Question 5

what are polyatomic molecular elements

Answer 5

non-metal elements composed of many atoms

Question 6

what is a binary molecular compound

Answer 6

a molecular compound which contains two different non-metal elements covalent bonded

Question 7

what are the rules for naming molecular compounds

Answer 7

switch the ending do the second element to -ide, use the prefix for the number of each element in the molecular formula

Question 8

what are the prefixes used for naming molecular compounds

Answer 8

1 - mono
2 - di
3 - tri
4 - tetra
5 - penta
6 - hexa
7 - hepta
8 - octa
9 - nona
10 - deca

Question 9

which was a higher melting point molecular or ionic compounds

Answer 9

ionic because the very large amount of energy required to break the strong forces of attraction