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This giving, (or receiving or sharing) of electrons is called a bond.

So the bigger atoms (at the bottoms of Groups 1 and 2) in the first groups of the Periodic Table lose their outer electrons more easily forming bonds with nonmetals. This kind of bond is called an ______________ bond.