Chemical Bonding Crossword Puzzle

Covalent – Bond formed by sharing electrons
Ionic – Bond formed by transferring electrons
Electronegativity – Atom’s ability to attract electrons
Polar – Molecule with uneven distribution of charge
Cation – Positively charged ion
Anion – Negatively charged ion
Dipole – Pair of electric charges or poles separated by a distance
Hydrogen – Weak bond between a hydrogen atom and an electronegative atom
Metallic – Bond found in metals where electrons move freely
Valence – Electrons in the outermost energy level
Singlebond – Covalent bond involving one pair of shared electrons
Doublebond – Covalent bond involving two pairs of shared electrons
Triplebond – Covalent bond involving three pairs of shared electrons
Octetrule – Atoms tend to gain, lose, or share electrons to get 8 electrons in outer shell
Nonpolar – Molecule with an even distribution of charge
Resonance – Occurs when more than one valid Lewis structure can be drawn for a molecule
Hybridization – Mixing of atomic orbitals to form new, identical hybrid orbitals