A'TAKAMUL INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

Grade 11 - Chemistry I
Ch 7 & 8 Worksheet

Name: ___________________________ Date:_________________

1) An ionic bond results from electrostatic attraction between large numbers of

a) cations and anions b) atom c) dipoles d) orbitals

2) The types of atoms bonded in a covalent bond are __________________.

a) nonmetal and nonmetal b) nonmetal and metal
c) metal and metal d) nonmetal and metalloid

3) What is the maximum number of double bonds that a carbon atom can form?
a) 4 b) 1 c) 0 d) 2
4) Atoms of which element have the weakest attraction for electrons in a chemical
bond?
a) N b) P c) Na d) S

5) Which atom has the least attraction for the electrons in a bond between that atom
and an atom of hydrogen?
a) fluorine b) nitrogen c) oxygen d) carbon

6) Which compound contains ionic bonds?

a) N2O b) Na2O c) CO d) CO2

7) Which is a molecular substance (covalent compound)?

a) CO2 b) CaO c) KCl d) LiF

8) Which diagram best represents an ionic compound?

-
+

1) Cl2 2) H2 3) HCl 4) NaCl

9) Elements from opposite sides of the periodic table tend to form __________.
a) covalent compounds
b) ionic compounds
c) metallic bond

10) When sodium and fluorine combine to produce the compound NaF, the ions
formed have the same electron configuration as atoms of
(1) argon, only (3) both argon and neon
(2) neon, only (4) neither argon nor neon

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11) Which pair of atoms is held together by a covalent bond?
(1) HCl (2) LiCl (3) NaCl (4) KCl

Part II:
State if these compounds are either ionic or covalent and explain your choice. Then
Draw the Lewis dots structure of each one.
Compounds Ionic or covalent (explain) Lewis dots structure

Ionic compounds because it

Li+
LiBr consists of metal and
nonmetal ions

I-I

HBr

F-F

MgO

CaCl2

K3N

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