More About Chemical Bonds

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ionic bond

covalent bond

molecule

polar covalent bond

Key Vocabulary

Valence electrons

Copy key vocabulary in your science notebook and define each. You will find information in the reading and in the video clips.

Things we know• Elements combine to form Compounds• Electrons are located in a cloud around the nucleus• Atoms can lose or gain electrons to form ions

Things we need to figure out• How electrons are involved in chemical bonding• About the different types of chemical bonds• How chemical bonds affect structure

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Question: How are ions formed?

Question: What type of ions do metals form? Explain

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Question: Explain how ions are held together.

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Ionic Bonds

Question: Explain how an atom become a positive ion and how an atom becomes a negative ion.

Question: Just by looking at the name, Explain how you know that Potassium Oxide (K2O) is an ionic bond.

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Covalent bonds

Question: What is a molecule?

Question: Explain why is water (H2O) considered a Polar Covalent Bond?

Analysis