Ineed to know if the following things are ionic or covalent:
-starch
-graphite
-paraffin wax
-copper nitrate
-iron oxide
-sucrose
-calcium carbonate
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As a general rule of thumb molecules where metals interact with non-metals tend to form ionic bonds (because they form oppositely-charged ions), while molecules where non-metals interact with non-metals tend to form covalent bonds (because they share electrons to fill valence shells). Some of the options listed refer to large polymers of more basic units - if you can identify the basic units, you can get a sense of the kinds of bonds you're dealing with.

Starch is a polymer of glucose. Glucose is an organic molecule made of C, H, and O (all non-metals). It contains COVALENT bonds.

Graphite is a carbon polymer (sort of). Carbon is a non-metal. It contains COVALENT bonds.

Paraffin wax is a mixture of long-chain hydrocarbons (lots of carbons stuck together with some hydrogens stuck around the edges). Non-metals again. COVALENT.

Copper nitrate is a metal (copper) and a non-metal (the polyatomic ion nitrate, NO3-). Therefore, copper nitrate as a whole is IONIC (be careful though - the N and O within the nitrate ion are both non-metals and so are bonded covalently, but they ultimately form an ion that is capable of forming ionic bonds with metals).

Iron oxide is a general term for some combination of iron (a metal) and oxygen (a non-metal). Regardless of the specific combination, the interaction is IONIC.

Sucrose is formed when glucose interacts with another sugar, fructose. Again, only C, H, and O are involved, so the molecule is COVALENT.

Calcium carbonate is similar to the copper nitrate situation - you have a metal (calcium) and a non-metal (carbonate) interacting though an IONIC bond. As with nitrate, carbonate (CO3[2-]) is itself a polyatomic anion containing covalent bonds between the C and O's, but forms ionic bonds because it is ultimately an ion.

Happy to clarify anything if need be!