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The document provides a worksheet on chemical bonding with questions about ionic and covalent bonding. It includes questions about drawing electron configurations of ions, drawing dot and cross diagrams to show ionic and covalent bonding, classifying compounds as ionic or covalent, and multiple choice questions testing understanding of bonding concepts. The worksheet covers key concepts like ion formation, bonding type, electron sharing and transfer.

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Bonding Worksheet

The document provides a worksheet on chemical bonding with questions about ionic and covalent bonding. It includes questions about drawing electron configurations of ions, drawing dot and cross diagrams to show ionic and covalent bonding, classifying compounds as ionic or covalent, and multiple choice questions testing understanding of bonding concepts. The worksheet covers key concepts like ion formation, bonding type, electron sharing and transfer.

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BONDING I & II: WORKSHEET

1. Figure 1 shows the ionic lattice for magnesium oxide.

(a) Explain why magnesium oxide has a high melting point and
boiling point.

(b) Draw the electronic structure of a magnesium ion and of an


oxide ion.
(i) magnesium ion (ii) oxide ion

(c) Draw the dot and cross diagram for magnesium oxide

2. Write the chemical formula of a compound that contains potassium ions and bromide ions.
3. Write the chemical formula of a compound that contains magnesium ions and bromide ions.

4. Complete the table given below by filling the symbols and the oxidation no of the elements
and the chemical formula of the compound formed between the two elements.

Oxidation Oxidation Chemical


Element Symbol Element Symbol
# # Formula

K +1 Chlorine Cl -1 KBr
Potassium

Calcium Chlorine

Sodium Oxygen

Lithium Sulfur

Aluminum Oxygen

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5. For each of the following elements, draw dot cross diagrams and arrows to show the
transfer of electrons. Then, write the chemical formula and name for the compound.

(a) Sodium + Chlorine (b) Potassium + Iodine

Formula: Formula:

Name Name

(c) Magnesium + Oxygen (d) Calcium + Sulfur

Formula: Formula:

Name Name

6. Draw dot and cross diagram for each molecule listed and indicate the type of covalent bond
formed (single, double, triple).

(a) O2 (b) N2

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(c) CO2 (d) CH4

(e) H2O (f) SO2

7. Classify the following compounds as ionic (a metal + a nonmetal), covalent (a nonmetal+ a


nonmetal) or both (a compound containing a metal and a polyatomic ion)

Compound Ionic Covalent


CaCl2

CO2

H2O

K2O

NaF

CH4

SO3

LiBr

C12H22O11

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Further Questions on Chemical bonding
Choose the best answer.

1. Which substance in the table is an ionic compound?


Substance State at room Electrical Electrical conductivity
temperature conductivity at r.t.p of aqueous solution.
A. Liquid Good Insoluble
B. Liquid Poor Poor
C. Solid Good Good
D. Solid Poor Good.

2. Barium and fluorine both combine to form barium fluoride. What type of bonding exists in barium
fluoride?
A. Metallic B.ionic `C.covalent D.giant covalent structure.

3. The table shows the electron structure of four elements.


Element Electron structure
W 2,8,1
X 2,8,7
Y 2,8,6
Z 2,8,8
Which pair of atoms will form a covalent substance?
A. Two atoms of Y C. An atom of W and an atom of X
B. Two atoms of Z D. An atom of Y and an atom of Z

4. Which statement about an element, which has seven valency electrons in its atoms, is correct?
A. It exists as single atoms.
B. It forms a ionic compound with hydrogen
C. It forms a positive ion.
D. It forms an ionic compound with any group 1 element

5. A crystal of magnesium chloride is held together by


A. double bonds
B. forces of attraction of the oppositely charged ions
C. shared pair of electrons
D. positive ions in a sea of electrons

6. The bonding in nitric acid can be represented by the structure shown.

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What is the total number of shared electrons in the nitric acid?
A. 10 B.8 C.24 D.5

7. Which pair of elements combines chemically to form an ionic compound?


A. Nitrogen and oxygen C. Sodium and bromine
B. Carbon and fluorine D. Hydrogen and oxygen

8. Element X has an electronic structure 2, 8, 6. Element Y has an electronic structure 2, 6.


What type of bonding would be formed in the compound formed between X and Y.
A. covalent bonding C. ionic bonding
B. metallic bonding D. dative covalent bond

9. Elements in which group exist as single atoms.


A. halogens C. alkali metals
B. noble gases D. alkaline earth metals

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