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Chemical bonds
Physical Science Flash Cards for TMS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Chemical bonding | the joining of atoms to form new substances |
| Chemical bond | interaction that holds two atoms together |
| valence electron | electorn in the outermost energy level of an atom |
| ionic bond | a bond that forms when elestrons are transferred from one atom to another atom |
| Ions | charged particles that form when atoms gain or lose electrons |
| Crytal Lattice | when ions bond formming a repeating three-dimensional pattern |
| Covalent bond | when atoms share one or more pairs of eletrons |
| molecule | consists of two or more atoms joined in a definite ratio |
| Metallic bonds | a bond formed by the attraction between positively charged metal ions and the electrons in the metal |