Practice Electronegativity (5.6.5) - The Periodic Table

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Question 1.
What is electronegativity?
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Think about what happens in a chemical bond.
Question 2.
Does electronegativity increase or decrease as you move from left to right across the periodic table?
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Consider how the nucleus affects electron attraction.
3Question 3.
Electronegativity refers to:
- The ability to attract electrons
- The ability to lose electrons
- The strength of a bond
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What does the word 'attract' imply?
4Question 4.
Electronegativity increases with atomic number.
- True
- False
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Consider the periodic trends.
Question 5.
Consider two elements, A and B. Element A has an electronegativity of 3, and element B has an electronegativity of 1. What type of bond would most likely form between them?
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Consider how the difference affects electron transfer.
Question 6.
Why is water a polar molecule despite being formed by elements with covalent bonds?
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Think about how electronegativities influence the electron cloud.

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