Chem Chapter 12 Vocab

Front 1

a fundamental particle held together by covalent bonds is a _______

Back 1

molecule

Front 2

a fundamental particle held together by ionic bonds is a ____

Back 2

formula unit

Front 3

The ___ ___ states that an atom tends to bond in such a way that it acquires 8 electrons in its valence school

Back 3

octet rule

Front 4

In a ___ ____, it is the valance electrons that are responsible for holding 2 or more electrons together.

Back 4

chemical bond

Front 5

In a ___ ____, a metal cation is attracted to a non-metal anion

Back 5

ionic bond

Front 6

The distance between two nuclei is called the __ ___

Back 6

bond length

Front 7

The amount of energy required to break a covalent body between 2 atoms is referred to as the __ ___

Back 7

bond energy

Front 8

The electron dot formula is also called the __ ___

Back 8

Lewis structure

Front 9

the electron pairs shared by atoms are called ___ ____

Back 9

bonding electrons

Front 10

The electrons not involved in in bonding that complete the octet rule are referred to as

Back 10

Nonbonding electrons

Front 11

When electrons are drawn more closely to one of the atoms, the bond is said to be a ____ bond

Back 11

polar

Front 12

The ability of an atom to attract electrons in a chemical bond is referred to as its __________

Back 12

electronegativity

Front 13

We can indicate the polar bond with a notation called ___ ___

Back 13

delta notation

Front 14

A covalent bond resulting from one atom donating the electron pair to another atom is called a ___ ____ ___

Back 14

coordinate covalent bond

Front 15

VSPER

Back 15

Valence shell electron pair repulsion

Front 16

the angle formed formed by any two atoms bonded to the central atom is referred to as the ____ ____

Back 16

bond angle