Covalent Bonding Worksheet
A Grade 10 Science worksheet focusing on covalent bonding, including definitions, properties, and examples.
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Covalent Bonding
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Read each question carefully and provide your best answer. Good luck!
1. What type of bond involves the sharing of electrons between atoms?
Ionic bond
Covalent bond
Metallic bond
Hydrogen bond
2. Which of the following elements is most likely to form a covalent bond with another atom?
Sodium (Na)
Chlorine (Cl)
Calcium (Ca)
Potassium (K)
3. In a covalent bond, atoms achieve a stable electron configuration by electrons.
4. A molecule formed by two atoms sharing one pair of electrons is called a bond.
5. Describe the main difference between a polar covalent bond and a nonpolar covalent bond.
6. Covalent compounds generally have high melting and boiling points.
True
False
7. The illustration below shows the formation of a covalent bond.
True
False
Match each term on the left with its definition on the right.
8. Valence electrons
a. The force that holds atoms together
9. Chemical bond
b. Electrons in the outermost shell of an atom
10. Octet rule
c. Atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons to achieve eight valence electrons