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REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR IONIC AND COVALENT BONDING QUIZ

1) Which structural formula represents a 6) When metal atoms bond with nonmetal atoms,
nonpolar symmetrical molecule? the nonmetal atoms will
A) gain electrons, and the resulting ions are
A) C) smaller
B) lose electrons, and the resulting ions are
smaller
C) gain electrons, and the resulting ions are
B) D) larger
D) lose electrons, and the resulting ions are
larger

2) Which type of bond is formed by the 7) As the atoms of the elements in Group 16 are
transfer of electrons from one atom to considered in order from top to bottom, their
another? electronegativities
A) a hydrogen bond A) decreases
B) a coordinate covalent bond B) remains the same
C) a covalent bond C) increases
D) an ionic bond
8) The electrons in a bond between two iodine
3) A chemical bond results when two nuclei have atoms (I2) are shared
a simultaneous attraction for A) unequally, and the resulting bond is
A) protons C) neutrons nonpolar
B) electrons D) nucleons B) unequally, and the resulting bond is polar
C) equally, and the resulting bond is nonpolar
4) Which pair of atoms will share electrons when D) equally, and the resulting bond is polar
a bond is formed between them?
A) K and Cl C) Br and Cl 9) Which formula represents a polar molecule?
B) Li and I D) Ba and I A) NH 3 C) CH 4
B) N2 D) Cl2
5) The total number of pairs of shared electrons
in a nitrogen molecule is 10) Which electron-dot diagram represents H 2?
A) 1 C) 3
A) C)
B) 2 D) 4

B) D)
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11) Which type of bond is formed between the 17) Given the reaction:
carbon and oxygen atoms in a CO2 molecule?
A) nonpolar covalent H 2 + Cl2 ‡‡ˆ 2HCl
B) electrovalent
C) polar covalent Which of the following statements best
D) ionic describes the energy change as bonds are
formed and broken in this reaction?

12) The electronegativity value of an element is a A) The breaking of the Cl‡‡Cl bond releases
measure of the atoms energy.
B) The forming of the H‡‡Cl bond absorbs
A) degree of stability
energy.
B) ability to attract protons
C) The forming of the H‡‡Cl bond releases
C) degree of conductivity
energy.
D) ability to attract electrons
D) The breaking of the H‡‡H bond releases
energy.
13) The bonds present in silicon carbide (SiC) are
A) London dispersion
18) What type of bonds are formed when two non-
B) covalent
metal atoms combine?
C) metallic
A) network bonds
D) ionic
B) ionic bonds
C) covalent bonds
14) Which formula represents a tetrahedral
D) metallic bonds
molecule?
A) CH 4 C) HBr
19) What type of bonds are formed when calcium
B) Br2 D) CaCl2 atoms react with oxygen atoms?
A) hydrogen
15) What type of bonds are formed when metal B) coordinate covalent
atoms combine with nonmetal atoms? C) ionic
A) non-polar covalent bonds D) polar covalent
B) polar covalent bonds
C) ionic bonds 20) Which atom has the least attraction for the
D) metallic bonds electrons in a bond between that atom and an
atom of hydrogen?
16) A molecule with the electron-dot formula A) fluorine C) nitrogen
B) oxygen D) carbon
is

A) polar C) symmetrical
B) nonpolar D) linear