Question

A bond peformend by a silicon atom and an oxygen atom is most likely to be ________.
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a) ionic
b) coordinate covalent
c) polar covalent
d) nonpolar covalent

i think its ionic

Answer 1

I think that this might be another type of bond: ionic bonds form between metals (low electronegativity) and non-metals with high electronegativity. Non polar Covalent bonds form between atoms with the same electronegativity eg the oxygen molecule O2. There's some stuff about covalent bonds here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covalent_bond