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Answer the Following Questions for Covalent Bonding Interactive

1. Define covalent bonding.

2. What happens when you move two atoms close together (corresponds to progress 3/35)?


3. What elements on the periodic table form covalent bonds?


4. Screenshot the potential energy graph as you move the atoms closer together. Be sure to
include labels and descriptions to help explain covalent bonding.


5. Relate potential energy to bond stability.


6. Define bond length.


7. Why do atoms form double and triple bonds rather that just single bonds?


8. Explain why single bonds are the weakest and triple bonds are the strongest?


9. What are the prefixes for naming compounds?

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10. Name the following compounds.

NF3

H2S

CF4