“A student in your class claims that chemical bonds and intermolecular forces are the same thing. Is this student correct? Justify your answer”

The answer to your question is below

Explanation:

This student is wrong.

Chemical bonds are forces that hold atoms together to form a molecule or compound. These interactions are inside the molecule. Example

Ionic bond: NaCl   (sodium and chlorine).

Intermolecular forces are weaker than chemical bonds and they are forces between atoms or molecules. These interactions are among different molecules.

Example

Two molecules of water interact forming hydrogen bridges.

they both have a y in them

the volume increases