Naming Compounds
Name NaCl
What is sodium chloride?
What type of bond forms between two nonmetals?
What is covalent?
How many valence electrons does oxygen have?
What is 6?
What is the partial charge on oxygen in H₂O?
What is δ⁻ (negative)?
What is the VSEPR theory used for?
Predicting molecular shapes.
Name P₂O₅ using prefixes.
What is diphosphorus pentoxide?
Which bond is strongest: ionic, covalent, or metallic?
What is covalent (in terms of bond energy)?
Draw the Lewis structure for CO₂.
O=C=O (with lone pairs).
Which molecule is polar: CO₂ or H₂O?
What is H₂O?
What is the formula for calculating formal charge?
Valence electrons – (lone electrons + ½ bonding electrons).
What is the name of NH₄NO₃?
What is ammonium nitrate?
What type of bond exists in NaCl?
What is ionic?
What is the octet rule?
Atoms tend to have 8 electrons in their valence shell.
Define dipole moment.
Separation of charge in a molecule due to polarity.
Which intermolecular force is strongest?
Hydrogen bonding.
Name CuSO₄·5H₂O.
What is copper(II) sulfate pentahydrate?
What is the difference between polar and nonpolar covalent bonds?
Unequal vs equal sharing of electrons.
Which molecule violates the octet rule: BF₃ or CH₄?
What is BF₃?
Which bond is more polar: C–H or O–H?
What is O–H?
What is resonance in Lewis structures?
Delocalization of electrons across multiple structures.
Give the formula for iron(III) oxide.
What is Fe₂O₃?
Which element is most electronegative?
What is fluorine?
How many lone pairs are on the central atom in NH₃?
What is 1?
Predict the molecular shape of NH₃.
What is trigonal pyramidal?
: Which molecule has a triple bond: CO₂, N₂, or CH₄?
What is N₂?