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What's the Charge, Officer?
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100
This is a positively charged atom.
What is a CATION?
100
These are the three endings for any anion.
What are --IDE-- --ITE-- and --ATE--?
100
These compounds require the use of prefixes when naming them.
What are MOLECULAR/COVALENT COMPOUNDS?
100
This is the net charge of any ionic compound.
What is ZERO?
100
This word refers to ions containing only one atom.
What is MONATOMIC?
200
This is a negatively charged atom.
What is an ANION?
200
Acids whose anions end in "ide" must add this prefix to their names.
What is HYDRO?
200
This is the proper name for the compound "CO".
What is CARBON MONOXIDE?
200
Groups 1A through 3A metals have charges on their ions equal to this.
What is THEIR GROUP NUMBER?
200
This word refers to ions containing multiple atoms.
What is POLYATOMIC?
300
This is the ion released by all acids.
What is H+ or HYDROGEN ION? *** OR H3O+ (Hydronium ion)
300
This anion ending gets only an "ic" in the acid name.
What is "ATE"?
300
This would be the molecular name for water.
What is the DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE?
300
This is the name of the method that refers to switching the charge numbers to determine chemical formulas.
What is the CRISS-CROSS METHOD?
300
This word indicates that a compound contains two elements.
What is BINARY?
400
This is the name of the acid H2C2O4.
What is OXALIC ACID?
400
This type of acid would contain two types of elements.
What is BINARY?
400
This is the proper order for naming ionic compounds.
What is CATION FIRST, THEN ANION?
400
This is the correct formula for ammonium carbonate.
What is (NH4)2CO3?
400
This is the ending that every anion from the periodic table has in its name.
What is --IDE--?
500
This is the correct formula for pyrophosphoric acid.
What is H4P2O7?
500
An ternary acid is characterized by containing what?
What is OXYGEN or A POLYATOMIC ION?
500
You might need to use this when naming a compound containing an element from groups 1B-8B.
What are the ROMAN NUMERALS.
500
Roman Numerals in compound names refer to this.
What is the CHARGE ON THE CATION?
500
Members of this group can form more than one ion.
What is the TRANSITION METALS?
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