Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.
Exercise and reference answers
- Questions
- Question
- Three of these statements about covalent bonding are false.
- Choices
- Item
- It shares electron pairs
- Correct
- Yes
- Explanation
- Transfer describes IONIC bonding.
- Item
- It transfers electrons outright
- Explanation
- Lattices are the ionic picture.
- Item
- It forms a crystal lattice
- Explanation
- Lewis described covalent bonding.
- Item
- It was first described by Kossel
Explanation
Each trap confuses the two bonding models. Source: syllabus Chemistry, Ch 4 Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure.
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