Teas Chemistry reactions and bonds

What is a chemical bond?

is the attractive force that holds atoms together in a molecule or compound and can involve sharing or transferring electrons.

What is an ionic bond?

Electrons transfer between atoms, forming oppositely charged ions that attract.

What is a covalent bond?

When atoms share one or more pairs of electrons

What is a common example of a covalent compound?

Water (H2O). The hydrogen and oxygen share electrons.

What happens to electrons in an ionic bond?

One atom transfers electrons to another, which is forming the ions

What happens to electrons in a covalent bond

atoms share the electrons

What is a chemical reaction?

a process that rearranges atoms to form new substances

What are reactants?

The starting substances in a chemical reaction

What are products in a chemical reaction?

The substances being formed by a chemical reaction

What law explains why equations must be balanced

Conservation of mass law (atoms are rearranged not created or destroyed)