Name ______________________________________________________ Pd ____ Date _________________________
Chemistry: Ion Worksheet
1. What are cations?
2. What are anions?
3. Most metals form what type of ion?
4. Most non-metals form what type of ion?
5. Write the chemical symbol (including charge if appropriate) and noble gas notation for the
following atoms if they have no electrons:
a. Hydrogen
b. Helium
6. Write the chemical symbol (including charge if appropriate) and noble gas notation for the
following atoms if they have 2 electrons. Circle the anions and underline the cations.
a. Hydrogen
f. Carbon
b. Helium
g. Nitrogen
c. Lithium
h. Oxygen
d. Beryllium
i.
Fluorine
e. Boron
7. Write the chemical symbol (including charge if appropriate) and noble gas notation for the
following atoms if they have 10 electrons. Circle the anions and underline the cations.
a. Carbon
c. Oxygen
b. Nitrogen
d. Fluorine
e. Neon
i.
Silicon
f. Sodium
j.
Phosphorous
g. Magnesium
k. Sulfur
h. Aluminum
l.
Chlorine
8. Write the chemical symbol (including charge if appropriate) and noble gas notation for the
following atoms if they have 18 electrons. Circle the anions and underline the cations.
a. Silicon
g. Calcium
b. Phosphorous
h. Gallium
c. Sulfur
i.
germanium
d. Chlorine
j.
arsenic
e. Argon
k. selenium
f. Potassium
l.
bromine
9. Write the chemical symbol (including charge if appropriate) and noble gas notation for the
following atoms if they have 36 electrons. Circle the anions and underline the cations.
a. Germanium
d. Bromine
b. Arsenic
e. xenon
c. Selenium