Structure And Bonding

Question 1

How is a chemical compound

Answer 1

chemical compound is formed when two or more different elements combine together chemically.

Question 2

What happens when atoms react together

Answer 2

they are transferring or sharing electrons.

Question 3

What charge are electrons

Answer 3

Negative

Question 4

What happens too an atom when it gains an electron

Answer 4

It becomes a negative ion

Question 5

What is the difference between an element and a compound?

Answer 5

An element consists of only one type of atom, a compound contains more than one type.

Question 6

What two types of bonding can form in a compound?

Answer 6

Covalent or ionic

Question 7

What do we call an atom that has lost or gained an electron?

Answer 7

An ion

Question 8

Name the force that exists between an atom that has lost an electron and an atom that has gained one.

Answer 8

Electrostatic

Question 9

Water, H2O, has bonds where electrons are shared, not gained or lost. What name do we give to this type of bonding?

Answer 9

Covalent bonding