chemical bonds

covalent bonds

non-covalent bonds

Van Der Waals forces

hydrogen bonds

ionic bonds

- weak

-transient

-spontaneous

-temp. sensitive

-readily reversible

-electrostatic (stationary electric charges or fields)

very weak, these are not bonds

-strong bonds, it take energy to create the bonds and enzymes to break these bonds

- these bonds store energy, information, and provide structure