The Covalent Bond

Question 1

What’s needed for stability

Answer 1

Full outer shell

Question 2

Is lower or higher energy more stable

Answer 2

Lower

Question 3

The chemical bond that results from sharing valence electrons

Answer 3

Covalent bond

Question 4

When is a molecule formed

Answer 4

When 2+ atoms bond covalently

Question 5

What are shared electrons considered to be?

Answer 5

Outer energy levels of both atoms

Question 6

When do covalent bonds usually form

Answer 6

When atoms are near each other on the periodic table

Question 7

What do ionic bonds do to electrons

Answer 7

Transfer

Question 8

What do covalent bonds do to electrons?

Answer 8

Share

Question 9

Are shared electrons considered to be part of both atoms in the covalent bond?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What kind of atoms do covalent bond typically form between

Answer 10

Non metals

Question 11

Why do covalent bonds exist

Answer 11

2 atoms molecules are more stable than individual atoms

Question 12

What does CNOPS stand for?

Answer 12

Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulphur

Question 13

What determines the number of covalent bonds that can form between atoms?

Answer 13

Number of V.E. needed to form an octet

Question 14

What kind of bonds make up a double bond?

Answer 14

1 sigma, 1 pi

Question 15

What kind of bonds make up a triple bond?

Answer 15

1 sigma, 2 pi

Question 16

When do pi bonds form

Answer 16

When parallel orbits overlap and share electrons

Question 17

Are triple bonds or single bonds stronger

Answer 17

Triple bonds

Question 18

From what to what are bond lengths measured between?

Answer 18

Between the 2 nuclei of 2 bonded atoms

Question 19

When do you add the suffix ‘ide’ with covalent naming

Answer 19

Always on the 2nd element

Question 20

Mono means

Answer 20

1

Question 21

Di means

Answer 21

2

Question 22

Tri

Answer 22

3

Question 23

Tetra

Answer 23

4

Question 24

Penta

Answer 24

5

Question 25

Hexa means

Answer 25

6

Question 26

When do you not add the mono prefix

Answer 26

On the first element

Question 27

When do you give the unchanged name of the element

Answer 27

On the 1st element

Question 28

Hepta neans

Answer 28

7

Question 29

Octa means

Answer 29

8

Question 30

Nona means

Answer 30

9

Question 31

Deca means

Answer 31

10

Question 32

When is a vowel dropped when naming?

Answer 32

Usually when there’s 2 vowels in a row

Question 33

What becomes oxide?

Answer 33

When the oxygen is the 2nd element

Question 34

What are electrons that aren’t in a bond with another atoms electrons called?

Answer 34

A lone pair

Question 35

What is a single bond called

Answer 35

A sigma bond