Chapter 6 Review Questions
1) What is a compound?
2) What are the 2 types of compounds? And what are the properties of each?
3) How can you tell them apart?
4) How do Ionic compounds form? Be very detailed and talk about the movement of electrons.
Give an example of how this works.
5) What is the difference between a compound and an element?
6) How do molecular compounds form? Be very detailed and talk about the electrons. Give an
example of how this works.
7) What is the difference between a compounds name, formula, and chemical formula? (pg 219)
8) Where are the ionic charges found for each element on the periodic table?
9) What is a Univalent Element?
10) What is a Multivalent Element?
11) What is a Polyatomic Ion?
12) Why are Roman Numerals used in naming compounds that involve Multivalent Elements?
13) What do the Roman Numerals represent?
14) Explain how you name Ionic compounds that only involve univalent elements.
15) Explain how you name Ionic compounds that involve multivalent elements.
16) Explain how you name Ionic compounds that involve Polyatomic Ions.
17) Explain how you name Molecular compounds.