Sodium, an explosive soft metal, and chlorine, a greenish poisonous gas, form an ionic bond between them to create sodium chloride, or table salt. this statement demonstrates that ionic bonds create substances that have properties than the elements that created them.
a. similar b. different c. more d. less

Which functions of water in living systems would still be possible if water was not polar and did not form hydrogen bonds? check all that apply. climate regulation dissolving ionic compounds for biological reactions providing body support by exerting pressure on cell walls providing body support through buoyancy transport of nutrients within organisms temperature regulation in many organisms