Chapter 8 - Covalent Bonding

Question 1

Covalent bond

Answer 1

electron sharing between atoms

Question 2

The octet rule

Answer 2

atoms will lose, gain, or share electrons in order to achieve a noble gas electron configuration

Question 3

Lone pairs

Answer 3

pairs of valence electrons not involved in bonding

Question 4

Lewis structure

Answer 4

a representation of covalent bonding

Question 5

Single bond

Answer 5

atoms are held together by one electron pair

Question 6

Double bond

Answer 6

atoms share two pairs of electrons

Question 7

Triple bond

Answer 7

atoms share three electron pairs

Question 8

Bond length

Answer 8

the distance between nuclei of two covalently bonded atoms

Question 9

Bond lengths

Answer 9

single > double > triple

Question 10

Bond strengths

Answer 10

triple > double > single

Question 11

Intramolecular attractive force

Answer 11

hold the atoms together

Question 12

Intermolecular attractive force

Answer 12

forces between different molecules