http://www.ck12.org Chapter 3. Chemical Interactions
Vocabulary
- chemical bond: Force of attraction between atoms or ions that occurs when atoms share or transfer valence
electrons.
Explore More
Watch the video about covalent bonds at the following URL, and then answer the questions below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynz5Dhb-WBM
MEDIA
Click image to the left for use the URL below.
URL: http://www.ck12.org/flx/render/embeddedobject/79971- Which types of elements can form covalent bonds?
- How can you tell the number of covalent bonds an element can form?
- Why does one atom of nitrogen form bonds with three atoms of hydrogen?
Review
- What is a chemical bond?
- Explain why hydrogen and oxygen atoms are more stable when they form bonds in a water molecule.
- How do ionic bonds and covalent bonds differ?