Select the Statement That Best Differentiates Between Bonding and Nonbonding

question 67

Multiple Choice

Select the statement that best differentiates between bonding and nonbonding electrons.

• A) There are always more bonding electrons than lone pairs in a molecule.
• B) Nonbonding electrons are less chemically important than bonding electrons.
• C) Nonbonding electrons do not count toward an atom's octet of electrons.
• D) Bonding electrons are shared and nonbonding electrons are not shared.
• E) The more nonbonding electrons that an atom has, the more unstable the atom.

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