Chapter 8 Chemistry Quiz

Front 1

atoms comine to form molecules by

Back 1

sharing electrons to form covalent or metallic bonds

Front 2

covalent compounds tend to form so that ___

Back 2

each atom has an octet of electrons in its highest occupied energy level

Front 3

____ involves atoms of nonmetal

Back 3

covalent compounds

Front 4

the term molecule is used ___

Back 4

exclusively for covalent bonding

Front 5

what do lewis structures show?

Back 5

how valence electrons are arranged among atoms in a molecule

Front 6

what do lewis structures reflect?

Back 6

the central idea that stability of a compound relates to noble gas electron configuration

Front 7

shared electron pairs are _____ ___ and can be represented how?

Back 7

covalent bonds ; two dots (:) or by a single line (-)

Front 8

hydrogen and halogens form

Back 8

one covalent bond

Front 9

oxygen and sulfur form

Back 9

two covalent bonds

Front 10

nitrogen and phosphorus form

Back 10

three covalent bonds

Front 11

carbon and silicon form

Back 11

four covalent bonds

Front 12

what occurs when more than one valid lewis structure can be written for a particular molecule?

Back 12

resonance