Homework 1/22/02, 1/23/02

Regular Chemistry

Name: _______________________

Period: _______________________

Section: _______________________

Read Sections 7-2 and 7-3 on pages 236-249

Answer the questions below:

1) What are some of the common substances formed by covalent bonds?

2) What is the difference between structural formulas and molecular formulas?

3) What is the octet rule and how does it apply to covalent bonds?

4) Double bonds share _______ pairs of electrons and Triple bonds share _________pairs of electrons.

5) What happens to atoms with less than an octet? Atoms with more than an octet?…Molecules with an odd number of electrons?

6) Describe several properties of covalent bonds.

7) How do you go about naming ionic compounds, in your own words.

8) What are hydrates? What is the difference between hydrates and anhydrous solutions?

9) How you go about naming molecular compounds, in your own words?

10) What is an acid? What do most acids produced when dissolved in water? How do you name acids in your own words?