Chemical Bonding
Chemical Bonding - I can explain how atoms use different bonds to form chemically stable substances evident by my ability to
- Predict the chemical reactivity of elements, and the type of bonds that may result between them, using the Periodic Table
- Explain how atoms combine to form compounds and molecules that are chemically stable, distinguishing between ionic and covalent bonds
- Describe how the valence electron configuration can be expressed as electron dot structures and determines how atoms interact and may bond
- Write and balance chemical equations given a word equation or a description of a reaction
- Write electron dot structure for covalently bonded molecules
- Use ionic and covalent bonding concepts to correctly write the formulas and names of inorganic compounds
- Model the formation of single, double, and triple bonds in covalent compounds
- Compare the relative strengths and properties of ionic and covalent bonds
Vocabulary: oxidation #, valence #, chemically stable, ionic bonds, covalent bonds, ionization energy, electron affinity, crystal lattice structure, Lewis structures, polyatomic ions, properties of ionic & covalent compounds