Drop each formula by bond type
Exercise and reference answers
- Left
- Ionic bonding
- Items
- Region
- Ionic bonding
- Item
- NaCl
- Region
- Covalent bonding
- Item
- Cl2
- Region
- both
- Item
- KNO3
- Region
- Ionic bonding
- Item
- Al2O3
- Region
- Covalent bonding
- Item
- CH4
- Region
- Ionic bonding
- Item
- MgO
- Region
- Covalent bonding
- Item
- HCl
- Right
- Covalent bonding
- Instructions
- Drag each formula into the ionic set, the covalent set, or the overlap where both kinds of bond appear.
Explanation
_Source: OpenStax Chemistry (CC BY 4.0), Chs 7 and 17, section 7.2 Covalent Bonding_