NAME:______DATE:______

1.2 What is the Octet Rule AHS Instructor Ms. Kasia Room 109/110

UNIT 1 CHEMICAL BONDING: IONIC

1.2 What is the Octet Rule

AIM:

DO NOW: 1. Draw a Lewis Dot Diagram of Oxygen. 2. What do you think Oxygen prefers, to gain 2 electrons of to lose 6 electrons? Why?

THE OCTET RULE

TERM / DEFINITION
OCTET RULE
STABILITY (for atoms)

ACTIVITY

Directions: Answer the following questiosn

Which atoms already have 8 valence electrons?______

Which group number are they in?______

What group is this called?______

TERM/QUESTION / DEFINITION/ANSWER
NOBLE GASES
WHY ARE NOBLE GASES SO STABLE?
WHY DO ATOMS WANT TO HAVE AN OCTET?

Color the noble gases on the periodic table:

WHAT DO YOU NOTICE ABOUT THE VALENCE ELECTRONS OF ALL THE NOBLE GASES?

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ARE THERE ANY EXCEPTIONS? ______

WHY DO YOU THINK THERE IS AN EXCEPTION?______

KEY CONCEPT:

NAME:______DATE:______

1.2 What is the Octet Rule AHS Instructor Ms. Kasia Room 109

UNIT 1 CHEMICAL BONDING: IONIC

1.2 What is the Octet Rule

Directions: Answer each question below to the best of your abilities.

1.  What do the dots in a Lewis Dot Diagram represent?______

2.  What is the octet rule?______

3.  Which group of elements fulfills the octet rule naturally?______

4.  Why do atoms want to have 8 valence electrons?______

Directions: Draw the Lewis structures for the following elements and state

a.  how many electrons each wants to GAIN

b.  how many electrons each atom want s to LOSE in order to fulfill the OCTET RULE.

c.  Circle the one that you think the atom prefers to do the most.

Kr / Br / Na / Ca
Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______
Ga / Pb / C / F
Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______
Rb / Sr / Si / P
Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______

If time permits….

At / Ba / Po / Bi
Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______

1.  Out of the above elements (At, Ba, Al, and Bi), which do you think has the HIGHEST IONIZATION ENERGY?

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2.  Why?

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S / O / Se / Te
Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______/ Gain: ______
Lose: ______

1.  Out of the above elements (S, P, K and Au), which do you think has the HIGHEST ELECTRONEGATIVITY?

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2.  Why?

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