NAME: ____________________________________________SECTION: ____________________

Q2_Performance Task #2: Let’s Make COVALENT Bonds

1. Write the original dot diagrams for each element.
2. Rearrange the disks (represent electrons) around the cards to get each element to have 8 electrons. (Hydrogen is an exception. It
only needs 2.)
3. Using toothpicks and any edible items, create a molecular model of the compound to illustrate the shared electron pairs between the elements.
4. Name the compounds.

Example
H2S Name: Dihydrogen Sulfide

Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible

materials

H S H

1. I2 Name _______________________________________________________________________

Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible materials.

2. NH3 Name ___________________________________________________________________

Molecular Model using edible materials.
Original Dot Diagrams

3. N2 Name ____________________________________________________________________
Molecular Model using edible materials.
Original Dot Diagrams
4. PCl3 Name _____________________________

Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible materials.

5. H2O Name ______________________________________________

Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible materials.

6. CO2 Name _______________________________________________________

Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible materials.

7. O2 Name _______________________________________________________
Original Dot Diagrams Molecular Model using edible materials.

8.Cl2 Name ____________ ________________________________________

Molecular Model using edible materials.
Original Dot Diagrams
NAME: ________________________________ SECTION: ______________________

Naming Covalent Compounds

To name covalent compounds we use prefixes to tell the # of atoms.

Exception- Don’t use mono- before the first element.
Wrong- CO- monocarbon monoxide
Correct- CO- carbon monoxide.
Just like ionic bonds, the ending of the second element is still changed to -ide.

Prefixes .
Prefix Mono Di Tri Tetra Penta Hexa Hepta Octa Nona Deca

Number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
NAME: _________________________ SECTION: ______________________
Ionic vs. Covalent vs. Metallic compounds

Place the following words in the ionic circle, covalent circle, and metallic circle or in between the
circles if the properties apply to more than one.

*Metal * ductile *high melting point *crystal *nonmetals *share electrons

*Transfer electrons *alloy *molecule *low melting point *malleable
*type of bond *uses electrons to bond * conducts electricity
*variable melting point
* steel *CaCO3 *sea of electrons *doesn’t conduct electricity
*H2O

IONIC

ALL

I/M