Electronegativity Quiz

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What is electronegativity?

The tendency for an atom to repel shared electrons when forming a chemical bond

The tendency for an atom to attract shared electrons when forming a chemical bond (correct)

The tendency for an atom to release shared electrons when forming a chemical bond

The tendency for an atom to remain indifferent to shared electrons when forming a chemical bond

What affects an atom's electronegativity?

Number of neutrons and distance of valence electrons from the nucleus

Number of electron shells and distance of valence electrons from the nucleus

Atomic number and distance of valence electrons from the nucleus (correct)

Atomic mass and number of protons in the nucleus

What does electropositivity characterize?

An element's tendency to attract shared electrons

An element's tendency to form covalent bonds

An element's tendency to repel other atoms

An element's tendency to donate valence electrons (correct)

How does nuclear charge affect electronegativity?

The more protons an atom has, the more 'pull' it will have on electrons Signup and view all the answers

How does the number and location of other electrons in atomic shells affect electronegativity?

The more electrons an atom has, the farther from the nucleus the valence electrons will be Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of higher electronegativity on an atom or substituent group?

It attracts electrons more strongly Signup and view all the answers

How does the nuclear charge affect an atom's electronegativity?

Higher nuclear charge increases electronegativity Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes an element's tendency to donate valence electrons?

Electropositivity Signup and view all the answers

How does the number and location of other electrons in atomic shells affect electronegativity?

More electrons in lower energy core orbitals decrease electronegativity Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'electronegativity' serve as a way to quantitatively estimate?

Bond energy Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons?

Covalent bonding Signup and view all the answers

In organic chemistry, which type of bonding is more common than ionic bonding?

Covalent bonding Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'co-' in 'covalent bond' signify?

Jointly associated in action Signup and view all the answers

What characterizes covalent bonding between atoms of similar electronegativities?

Delocalized bonding Signup and view all the answers

Electronegativity Quiz

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What is electronegativity?

What affects an atom's electronegativity?

What does electropositivity characterize?

How does nuclear charge affect electronegativity?

How does the number and location of other electrons in atomic shells affect electronegativity?

What is the effect of higher electronegativity on an atom or substituent group?

How does the nuclear charge affect an atom's electronegativity?

What characterizes an element's tendency to donate valence electrons?

How does the number and location of other electrons in atomic shells affect electronegativity?

What does the term 'electronegativity' serve as a way to quantitatively estimate?

What is the term for the stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms when they share electrons?

In organic chemistry, which type of bonding is more common than ionic bonding?

What does the term 'co-' in 'covalent bond' signify?

What characterizes covalent bonding between atoms of similar electronegativities?

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