Formative Assessment on Chemical Bonding
1. What are valence electrons?
2. What do valence electrons determine in the periodic table of elements?
3. Give the valence electrons of the following elements:
a) Al b) Cl c) Mg d) K e) Ca f) Ar g) P h) S i) Br j) Fr
4. What are the parts of an electron-dot structure of an element? What does each part signify?
5. How is an electron-dot structure of an element drawn?
6. Give the electron-dot structure of:
a) K b) Br c) Se d) Sr e) As
7. Why do atoms form chemical bonds?
8. What does stability and closed configuration mean for an atom?
9. What is Octet Rule?
10. How do atoms achieve stability?
11. How are the following chemical bonds formed between atoms?
a) Ionic Bond
b) Covalent bond
Polar Covalent Bond
Non-Polar Covalent Bond
c) Metallic Bond
12. Give the Lewis Dot Structure for the following Ionic Compounds:
a) calcium sulfide, CaO
b) aluminum chloride, AlCl3
13. Give the Lewis Structure for the following Covalent Compounds
a) H2S
b) CF4
14) Give the name of the following ionic compounds:
a) MgCl2
b) K2S
15) Give the formula for each of the following ionic compounds:
a) calcium bromide
b) barium nitride
16) Give the formula of the following covalent compounds:
a) silicon dioxide
b) phosphorous pentasulfide
17) Give the name of the following covalent compounds:
a) N2O
b) Cl2O7
