Student understands the very basic concepts of chemical bonds
1 pts
Student has enough understanding of the concepts of chemical bonds that he/she could answer basic to some upper level questions
2 pts
Student has a firm grasp of the chemical bonding concept. Student will be able to solve basic questions and most advanced questions about chemical bonds
3 pts
An ionic bond forms when ion(s) in the outer ring of an atom bond with the outer ring of another atom that has enough space to accept the(se) electrons. Most atoms being studied in this chapter can complete their outer ring with 8 electrons.
A covalent bond forms when two isolated atoms merge their ions into a combined bonding orbital and in this bond the electrons are shared.
Polar bonds are covalent bonds that occur when two atoms bond and share electrons, but one end of the bond will have a greater share of the electrons and have a slight negative charge and the other end will have a smaller share of the electrons and thus will have a slight positive charge
Nonpolar bonds are covalent bonds that occur when two identical atoms bond and share electrons equally