Chemistry Vocab

6. The attractive force that holds atoms or ions together.
9. A chemical bond that involves sharing a pair of electrons between atoms in a molecule.
13. The condition of an atom expressed by the number of electrons that the atom needs to reach its elemental form.
15. A positively charged ion.
17. A covalent bond in which two atoms share one pair of electrons.
19. Diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule and the lone pairs of electrons that may exist in the molecule.
21. Ions formed from a single atom.
23. Gives the simplest whole number ratio of the ions which form an ionic compound.
24. A substance made up of atoms of two or more different elements joined by chemical bonds.

1. Bonding at least two nonmetals and have an electromagnetically difference.
2. A bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons around them.
3. The basic unit of a chemical element.
4. Electrons on the outermost energy level of an atom.
5. An ionic compound whose aqueous solution conducts an electric current.
7. A compound that is composed of molecules.
8. States that atoms lose, gain or share electrons in order to acquire a full set of eight valence electrons.
10. A chemical bond resulting from the attraction between oppositely charged ions.
11. A charged group of covalently bonded atoms.
12. A chemical bond formed when atoms share three pairs of electrons.
14. A charged atom.
16. A negatively charged ion.
18. Hydrogen and helium only want two electrons.
20. A chemical bond formed when atoms share two pairs of electrons.
22. Metal and nonmetal elements join together.