What type of chemical bond joins a functional group to the carbon skeleton of a large molecule?

Covalent bond

Explanation:

Functional groups can be defined as a group of atoms or ions responsible for the properties particular to a certain group of organic compounds. What we are saying in essence is that it is the functional groups that decides the behavior of the organic compound in question.

Covalent linkages are the mechanism through which these functional groups are linked to the carbon skeleton of the compound to which they belong. Covalent bonding is a type of chemical bonding which in there is sharing of electrons between atoms