Name that Compound!
What's the formula?
Covalent naming rules
Tricky naming questions
100

What is the name of CO2?

What is Carbon Dioxide?

100

What is the formula for carbon monoxide?

What is CO?

100

What prefix is used for one atom in a covalent compound (but only for the second element?

What is mono?

100

True or false? NHfollows the standard naming rule for covalent compounds.

What is false, it is called ammonia.

200

What is the name of H2O?

What is water?

200

What is the formula for dinitrogen tetroxide?

What is N2O4?

200

What is the prefix for four atoms? 

What is tetra?

200

Which of these is NOT a correct name for CO2?

a. Carbon dioxide

b. Carbon oxide

c. Carbon (IV) oxide

What is b, carbon oxide is incorrect.

300

What is the name of N2O5?

What is dinitrogen pentoxide?

300

What is the formula for sulphur dioxide?

What is SO2?

300

in CO2, why don't we call it "mono carbon monoxide"?

What is the prefix mono is omitted for the first element?

300

Why don't we write "tetroxide" for N2O4?

What is the "a" in tetra is dropped to make "tetroxide"?

400

What is the name of PCl3?

What is phosphorous trichloride?

400

what is the formula for phosphorous pentachloride?

What is PCl5?

400

What ending do all the second elements in covalent compound names have?

What is -ide?

400

The compound CClis sometimes called tetrachloromethane instead of carbon tetrachloride. what naming does "tetrachloromethane" come from?

What is the IUPAC - International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry?

500

What is the name of SF6?

What is sulfur hexafluoride?

500

What is the formula for diboron trioxide?

What is B2O3?

500

Why is H2O called "water" instead of dihydrogen monoxide in everyday language?

What is common compounds often have traditional names?

500

Some compounds, like SiO2, have common names. What is SiOcalled?

What is Quarts or silica?

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