Covalent Bonding

Question 1

What is bonding?

Answer 1

Term used to describe atoms being chemically joined together
Atoms form bonds with other atoms in order to get a full outer shell of electrons

Question 2

What is a covalent bond?

Answer 2

Covalent bonding occurs between two non-metal atoms
A covalent bond arises when two atoms share a pair of electrons in order to get a full outer shell

Question 3

How does covalent bonding happens?

Answer 3

There is a strong electrostatic attraction (between opposite charges) between the positive nuclei and the shared pair of negative electrons
This is what holds the atoms together