Chemical Bonding Vocabulary

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  1. 1. A chemical bond in which three pairs of electrons are shared between two electrons.
  2. 5. A chemical bond in which two pairs of electrons are shared between two atoms.
  3. 7. A covalent bond between two atoms where the electrons forming the bond are unequally distributed.
  4. 10. A set of chemical symbols showing the elements present in a compound.
  5. 11. A chemical that involves the sharing of electron pairs between atoms.
  6. 15. A molecule of an element consisting of two atoms.
  7. 16. A substance that has a molecular structure consisting chiefly or entirely of a large number of similar units bonded together.
  8. 17. Indicates the attraction of an atom for shared valence electrons.
  9. 19. A charged chemical species composed of two or more atoms covalently bonded or of a metal complex that can be considered to be acting as a single unit.
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  1. 2. When two atoms share a pair of electrons with each other.
  2. 3. The attraction between atoms resulting in compound formation.
  3. 4. A chemical rule of thumb that reflects observation that elements ted to bond in such a way that each atom has eight electrons in its valence shell.
  4. 6. An electrically neutral group of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds.
  5. 8. A drawing of a molecule that illustrates the connectivity of the compound, as well as identifying the the lone pairs of electrons.
  6. 9. Something consisting of precisely two elements.
  7. 10. When two or more nonmetal atoms bond by sharing valence electrons.
  8. 12. The measure of bond strength in a chemical bond.
  9. 13. A model used to predict the geometry of molecules.
  10. 14. A chemical bond in which one pair of electrons is shared between two atoms.
  11. 18. A pair of valence electrons that aren't shared with another atom.