Standard+4+Part+1+Chemical+Bonding


 * Standard 4, Part 1: Essential Questions **


 * 1) What is the basis for all theories dealing with bonding?
 * 2) What is the noble gas electron configuration and why does this configuration make noble gases chemically stable?
 * 3) What is the goal of all elements when they form compounds?
 * 4) What type of bond is formed when atoms gain or lose electrons?
 * 5) What will metals most likely do to achieve chemical stability?
 * 6) What will nonmetals most likely do to achieve chemical stability?
 * 7) When Group 1 or 2 metals lose electrons, what do they become?
 * 8) When Group 16 or 17 nonmetals gain electrons, what do they become?
 * 9) What is a covalent bond and what types of elements can experience this type of bonding?
 * 10) What is the role that bonding plays in the achievement of chemical stability?
 * 11) What are the two types of bonding that nonmetals may experience?
 * 12) What type of bonding is involved in the formation of a water molecule? Why?
 * 13) What are some other examples of covalently bonded molecules?
 * 14) What is a “single-bond,” a “double-bond,” and a “triple bond.”
 * 15) What is and how do you draw an “electron dot diagram” (aka, a Lewis Dot Diagram)?
 * 16) What is and how do you draw a pictorial diagram?
 * 17) How would you verbally describe a covalently bonded molecule (e.g., HCl)
 * 18) What is an electron pair?
 * 19) What is a molecule?
 * 20) What is an ionic bond and what types of elements are involved in ionic bonding?
 * 21) When do ionic bonds form?
 * 22) What is the structure of an ionic bond? Why does it form this structure?
 * 23) What is a crystal lattice?
 * 24) What are the different methods and rules for illustrating ionic molecules?
 * 25) What two types of elements are always involved in the formation of ionic crystals?
 * 26) What are some common examples of ionic crystals?
 * 27) What is a molecule?
 * 28) What types of elements form molecules?
 * 29) What types of bonds are involved in the formation of molecules?
 * 30) What are some examples of common molecular substances?
 * 31) How would you classify a substance as crystalline or molecular in nature?
 * 32) What is a binary ionic compound?
 * 33) What is the charge of the ion that the elements in Group 1, 2, 16, and 17 will attain?
 * 34) What does a chemical formula represent?
 * 35) What do subscripts in chemical formulas represent?
 * 36) What does it mean if there is no subscript associated with a chemical symbol in a chemical formula?
 * 37) What is the charge of a compound?
 * 38) How do you write balanced chemical formulas for binary ionic compounds (involving groups 1, 2, 16, and 17 only)?
 * 39) How would you predict the ratio of the elements in binary ionic compounds?