Naming Compounds and Formulas
These are compounds that are made up of only two elements.
What are Binary Compounds?
These are covalently bonded atoms that has a positive or negative charge and act as a unit.
What are polyatomic ions?
It's the chemical reaction in which 2 or more substances react to form a single compound.
What is a Synthesis reaction?
It's a chemical reaction in which a compound breaks down into 2 or more simpler substances.
What is a Decomposition Reaction?
It is involved in all chemical reactions.
What is "energy"?
The formula of an ionic compound describes this.
What is the ratio of the ions in the compound?
The name of an ionic compound must have this.
What is the ratio of cations to anions in the compound?
It's a chemical reaction in which a substance reacts rapidly with oxygen.
What is a Cumbustion Reaction?
These are at least two everyday examples of decomposition reactions.
What are: Digestion, opening a can of soda, cement factories, airbags in cars.
He's the Italian chemist who came up with a way to describe large amounts of very small particles.
You need to know these two things to write the formula of an ionic compound.
What are the symbols of the elements in the compound and the charges of their ions?
It's the name of the ionic compound MgCl2.
What is Magnesium Chloride?
This law states that the total amount of energy before and after a reaction is always the same.
What is the Law of Conservation of Energy?
It's a chemical reaction in which 2 compounds exchange positive ions and form new compounds.
What is a double replacement reaction?
It's the amount of a substance that contains 6.02 X 1023 particles of that substance.
What is a "Mole" (unit of measurement)?
It's the chemical formula for Calcium Chloride.
What is CaCl2?
These are compounds that are formed when atoms share electrons in covalent bonds.
What are molecular compounds?
These are two common examples of combustion reactions.
What are: burning marshmallows, the Hindenburg explosion, etc.
These 2 things are produced in combustion reactions.
What are Heat and Light?
It's a chemical reaction that absorbs energy from its surroundings.
What is an endothermic reaction?
It is the name of the formula PCl3.
What is Phosphorus Trichloride?
It is the chemical formula and common name for Dihydrogen Monoxide.
What are H2O and "water"?
James Joule is known for this.
What is developing a unit of measure for energy called the joule?
This is energy stored in chemical bonds.
What is chemical energy (GA-DOY!)
It's the type of reaction that releases energy into its surroundings.
What is an Exothermic reaction?