periodic table

Source: Periodic table, Luigi Chiesa, Wikimedia commons

Interactive exercise. Assistance may be required.Use the periodic table above to help you determine what type of bonds you have for each of the compounds below. Drag the compound formula into the correct column.

Remember, you can get information on the number of valence electrons from the group number. The elements shaded in light blue are metals (with the exception of hydrogen). The yellow elements are nonmetals. The red elements are metalloids.