chemistry
Types of Chemical Bonding
Name _____________________
Date _______________________
interactive notes
Block ______
Use pages 218-224 in your textbook to answer the following questions.
IONIC BONDS
1. What type of compound do transition metals form? _________________
The Periodic
2. Which two elements are used to make red, orange, yellow, and green
Palette
paints? __________________
3. Which two elements are used to make blue and violet paints?
_______________________________
4. What is an ion?
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5. When a _________ atom loses a valence electron, it loses a ___________
charge. It becomes a _______________ ion.
6. When a neutral atom ______ an electron, it gains a _____________
charge. It becomes a _______________ ion.
7. Metal atoms are likely to ___________ electrons. Nonmetal atoms are
likely to __________ electrons.
8. Complete the electron dot
How Do Ions
diagrams for potassium (K)
Form?
and fluorine (F) before and
after the electron is
transferred.
9. Using the cartoon, explain
why the potassium atom
becomes positively charged
and the fluorine atom
becomes negatively
charged.
10. Complete the chart below, identifying the common ions and their
charges, symbol/formula.
Common Ions
& Ionic Bonds
Name
Lithium
Sodium
Potassium
Ammonium
Calcium
Magnesium
Aluminum
Fluoride
Charge
Symbol/Formula
Name
Chloride
Iodide
Bicarbonate
Nitrate
Oxide
Sufide
Carbonate
Sulfate
Charge
Symbol/Formula
11. Ionic bonds form when atoms that easily ______ electrons react with
atoms that easily _____ electrons, transferring __________ electrons
from one type of atom to the other.
12. How many valence electrons does sodium have? ________ Chlorine?
_____
13. Which atom transfers their electron(s)? _______________
14. Which atom forms a positive ion? _____________ negative ion?
___________
15. In an ____________ compound, the total positive charge of all positive
ions ____________ the total negative charge of all the negative ions.
16. Complete the electron dot diagrams for the sodium and chlorine
atoms and their ions.
Formulas of
Ionic
Compounds
What are
Properties of
Ionic
Compounds?
17. When ionic compounds form, the ions combine to balance the
____________ on the ion.
18. What is the ratio of magnesium ions to chloride ions in MgCl 2? ________
19. Explain how to write the formula for an ionic compound. _____________
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20. What is the formula for Calcium carbonate? ____________
21. Circle the part of the formula representing the carbonate ion in
CaCO3
22. What is the rule for naming ionic compounds? ___________________
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23. Use your periodic table to fill in the table below.
24. Ionic compounds form what kind of crystals? ________________________
25. What kind of melting point do ionic compounds have? ______________
26. Are ionic compounds good conductors of electric current? __________
27. What do we call sodium chloride in its natural state? _____________
28. What is the melting point of sodium chloride? _________