Name ______________________________ Class___________________Date__________________

Assessment

Chapter Test A
Chemical Bonding
MULTIPLE CHOICE
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

_____ 1. How are electrons in an atom organized?

a. energy levels
b. valence levels
c. groups
d. periods
_____ 2. What are the only parts of an atom that make chemical bonds?
a. protons in the nucleus
b. neutrons in the nucleus
c. electrons in the nucleus
d. valence electrons
_____ 3. What is the same within each group on the periodic table?
a. number of protons
b. number of electrons
c. number of atoms
d. number of valence electrons
_____ 4. Why don’t noble gases normally form chemical bonds?
a. They have 2 valence electrons.
b. They have full outermost energy levels.
c. They have empty outer levels.
d. They have 8 protons.
_____ 5. What is the charge of a sodium ion with 11 protons and 10 electrons?
a. 1+
b. 2+
c. 1–
d. 2–
_____ 6. The more easily an atom gains an electron, what does it release more
of?
a. atoms
b. energy
c. electrons
d. protons

Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
Holt Science and Technology 41 Chemical Bonding
Name ______________________________ Class___________________Date__________________

Chapter Test A continued

_____ 7. What ending is used for the names of negative ions formed when atoms
gain electrons?
a. -ion
b. -ade
c. -ide
d. -ate

MATCHING
Match the correct definition with the correct term. Write the letter in the space
provided.

_____ 8. bond that forms when electrons are a. atomic number

transferred from one atom to another
b. ions
_____ 9. interaction that holds two atoms together
c. ionic bond
_____ 10. charged particles that form when atoms gain
or lose electrons d. molecule

_____ 11. repeating three-dimensional pattern that e. covalent bond

forms when ions bond f. valence electron
_____ 12. electron in the outermost energy level of an g. chemical bond
atom
h. crystal lattice
_____ 13. bond that forms when atoms share one or
more pairs of electrons
_____ 14. number of protons in an atom
_____ 15. smallest unit of a substance that keeps all of
the properties of that substance

Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
Holt Science and Technology 42 Chemical Bonding
Name ______________________________ Class___________________Date__________________

Chapter Test A continued

MULTIPLE CHOICE
Write the letter of the correct answer in the space provided.

_____ 16. In the electron-dot diagram below, how many electrons are needed for
a filled outermost energy level?

a. 0 c. 2
b. 1 d. 3
_____ 17. What is the smallest particle into which a covalently bonded compound
can be divided and still be the same compound?
a. molecule
b. atom
c. electron
d. proton
_____ 18. What are elements found in nature as diatomic molecules?
a. compound molecules
b. diatomic elements
c. ions
d. particles
_____ 19. Which of the following is NOT an example of a diatomic element?
a. hydrogen
b. oxygen
c. nitrogen
d. helium
_____ 20. Why can metal be shaped?
a. ionic bonds
b. covalent bonds
c. metallic bonds
d. compound bonds
_____ 21. What allows metals to bond?
a. overlapping outer energy levels
b. a low number of valence electrons
c. a large number of valence electrons
d. ions

Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
Holt Science and Technology 43 Chemical Bonding
Name ______________________________ Class___________________Date__________________

Chapter Test A continued

_____ 22. Which of the following properties of a metal means that it can be
drawn into wires?
a. electrical conductivity
b. malleability
c. ductility
d. flexibility
_____ 23. Which allows metals to be bent, but not broken?
a. the number of electrons
b. the number of valence electrons
c. the number of protons
d. constantly moving electrons

Original content Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Additions and changes to the original content are the responsibility of the instructor.
Holt Science and Technology 44 Chemical Bonding