BCCP Chapter 8 Vocab

3. all of the valence electrons in a metal are shared by all of the atoms (3 words)
8. two atoms sharing three pairs (six electrons total) (2 words)
10. the maximum number of electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom is 8 (2 words)
12. bonding electron pairs are shared between atoms (2 words)
13. bonding electrons are shared across large volumes of metal atoms ionic cores (2 words)
16. An ion that has an overall negative charge
17. a regular and repeated 3D pattern of arrangement of positive & negative ions (2 words)
18. two of the same atom bonded together to form a unit (2 words)
20. the basic or simplest repeating unit of an ionic solid (2 words)

1. the attraction between the positively charged cation and the negatively charged anion (2 words)
2. very large molecules involved in living organisms that have properties very different from “ordinary” covalent molecules
4. how atoms are held together in molecules and ions. (2 words)
5. the basic unit of covalent compound
6. compounds that contain carbon (2 words)
7. Molecules that are composed of two or more different elements (2 words)
9. bonds a bond where electron(s) are transferred from one atom to another (metal + nonmetal) (2 words)
11. a substance that produces ions upon dissolving
14. the relative ability of an atom to attract electrons in a chemical bond
15. two atoms sharing two pairs of electrons (four electrons total) (2 words)
17. An ion that has an overall positive charge
19. a particle that has a positive or negative charge