sigma bond
van der Waals forces
VSEPR
INTERNET RESOURCES
Online content that reinforces major concepts discussed in this chapter can be
found at the following Internet addresses if they are still available. Some may
have been changed or deleted.
Chemical Bonding
http://www.chem.wisc.edu/deptfiles/genchem/sstutorial/Text7/tx71/tx71.html
This site offers a fairly complete look at the concept of chemical bonding for the
beginning chemistry student.
VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) Theory
winter.group.shef.ac.uk/vsepr/
This site is a good tutorial on molecular shapes utilizing the Valence Shell
Electron Pair Repulsion Theory.
PRACTICE EXERCISES
The following questions are in the format that is used on the SAT Subject Area
Test in Chemistry. If you are not familiar with these types of questions, study of
this eBook the beginning pages before doing these review questions.
Directions: The following set of lettered choices refers to the numbered
questions immediately below it. For each numbered item, choose the one
lettered choice that fits it best. Then fill in the corresponding oval on the
answer sheet. Each choice in the set may be used once, more than once, or
not at all.Questions 1–7
(A) ionic
(B) covalent
(C) polar covalent
(D) metallic