Covalent Bonding Worksheet
A Grade 12 Chemistry worksheet focusing on the principles, types, and properties of covalent bonds.
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Covalent Bonding: Grade 12 Chemistry
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations.
1. Which of the following best describes a covalent bond?
Transfer of electrons between atoms
Sharing of electrons between atoms
Attraction between oppositely charged ions
Formation of a metallic lattice
2. How many covalent bonds does a carbon atom typically form to achieve a stable octet?
1
2
3
4
3. In a nonpolar covalent bond, electrons are shared between two atoms.
4. A double covalent bond involves the sharing of pairs of electrons.
5. The ability of an atom to attract electrons in a chemical bond is called .
6. Draw the Lewis structure for a molecule of water (H₂O), showing all valence electrons and covalent bonds.
7. Explain the difference between a polar covalent bond and a nonpolar covalent bond, providing an example for each.
8. All molecules formed by covalent bonds are soluble in water.
True
False
9. Covalent bonds typically form between two nonmetal atoms.
True
False
Match the term on the left with its definition on the right.
10. Single Bond
a. Sharing of three pairs of electrons
11. Double Bond
b. Sharing of one pair of electrons
12. Triple Bond
c. Sharing of two pairs of electrons
Observe the illustration below showing the formation of a covalent bond.
13. In your own words, describe what is happening in the illustration to form the covalent bond.