Assignment: Bonding
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Covalent Bonding
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Answer the following questions as you complete the Covalent Bonding activity.
1. What happens to the electrons in the Hydrogen atoms as they near the protons of the other atom?
2. How is the movement of the electrons different when the atoms are close?
3. What happens if you try to move the atoms very close to each other?
4. How are the atoms bonded together?
5. What type of elements form covalent compounds?
6. Which element is considered a non-metal, even though it is on the left of the periodic table?
7. What happens to the potential energy as the atoms move close together?
8. At what point of the graph is the bond the most stable?
9. What is the distance between the atoms called?
10. Complete the chart showing the solid lines between the atoms and the number of electrons being
shared in the covalent compounds below:
Number of Electrons
Covalent Compound
Drawing (Draw Lines)
Shared
H2
H
H
O2
O
O
N
N2
N
11. Which bond above is the strongest type of bond?
12. Which bond above is the weakest type of bond?
13. Complete the chart showing the prefixes used for each number of atoms in the covalent
compound
Number
Prefix
1
2
3
4
5
6
14. When do you never use the prefix “mono-“ when naming covalent compounds?