Cope’s rule:  A proposed generalization that individual body size in animals tends to increase during evolution.

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Breaking a bond always require energy to be added to the molecule. Correspondingly, making a bond always releases energy.

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In a covalent bond, electrons are shared between atoms. In an ionic bond, electrons are transferred between atoms.

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In a covalent bond, electrons are shared between atoms. In an ionic bond, electrons are transferred between atoms.

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A covalent bond is a chemical bond that occurs when two or more atoms share electrons. The sharing of electrons helps complete the outer shell, or valence shell, of both atoms. The sharing of electrons creates a stable balance of attractive and repulsive forces between atoms.

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Sulfur normally exists as an eight-atom molecule, S8, while phosphorus exists as a four-atom molecule, P4

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Some elements exist naturally as molecules. For example, hydrogen and oxygen exist as two-atom molecules.