| A | B |
| hydrogen bond | a type of weak bond found in water |
| ionic bond | a chemical bond resulting from the attraction between oppositely charged ions |
| covalent bond | a type of strong chemical bond in which two atoms share one or more pairs of valence electrons |
| Van der Waals Interaction | Weak attractions between molecules or parts of molecules that result from localized charge fluctuations |
| salts | a compound resulting from the formation of a ionic bond |
| anion | a negatively charged ion |
| cation | a positively charged ion |
| electronegativity | the attraction of a given atom for the electrons of a covalent bond |
| Dalton | a measure of mass for atoms and subatomic particles , the same as the atomic mass unit or amu |
| electron shell | an energy level of electrons at a characteristic average distance from the nucleus of an atom |
| Polar molecule | a molecule such as water with opposite charges on different ends of the molecule |