When an Ionic Bond Forms, Electrons Are

question 76

Multiple Choice

When an ionic bond forms, electrons are

• A) lost from both atoms.
• B) gained by both atoms.
• C) shared equally by both atoms.
• D) totally lost from the paired atoms.
• E) transferred from one atom to another.

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Definitions:

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, commonly denoted as alpha.

Statistically Significant

An observation or effect sufficiently large or important to be unlikely to have occurred by chance, as per a predefined threshold in hypothesis testing.

Confidence Interval

An aggregation of values, hailing from sample statistics, anticipated to envelop the value of an unseen population parameter.

Sample Mean

The average value of a sample set, calculated by summing all observations and dividing by the number of observations.