Balancing Chemical Equations
Vocabulary
Guess Who?
Diagramming Bonds (Dot or Solar System)
Chance
100



magnesium metal added to oxygen gas                        reacts to make       magnesium oxide


2Mg + O2 --> 2MgO

100

Positively charged particle located in the nucleus

proton

100

I am the lightest and most prevalent element in the universe

Hydrogen

100

Lithium Floride

Ionic LiF

100

Draw 2 hydrogens bonding covalently

H2

200



potassium metal  is added to oxygen gas     and it reacts to produce           potassium oxide


4K + O2  --> 2K2O

200

An atom that has gained or lost electron(s)

Ion

200

I have 29 electrons.  Who am I and how much do I weigh?

Copper, 63 amu

200

Carbon Dioxide

Dot CO2

200

How can you tell if a chemical reaction is ionically or covalently bonded?

Metal + non-metal = ionic, non-metals=covalent

300

Iron and iodine (diatomic) react to make iron iodide


2Fe + 3I2 --> 2FeI3

300

Isotope 

A heavier version of an element with additional neutrons

300

Chemists think we are a bore.  Our group of 6 are so stable, we wont react to anyone.  

Nobel gases

300

Sodium Oxide

Ionic  Na2O

300

How many neutrons does Na have?

12

400

hydrochloric acid is added to  strontium oxide they produce  water and strontium chloride


2HCl + SrO --> H2O + SrCl2

400

The parts of an atom involved in bonding (be specific)

Valence Electrons

400



I am a metal with the same number of valence electrons as Cesium, but am even more reactive.


Francium

400

C2H2

Dot Carbon triple bonded

400

CH2O4

Carbon and Hydrogen double bonded

500

Aluminum is heated in air, reacting with oxygen and produces aluminum oxide


2Al + 3O2 -->  2Al2O3

500

Compare and Contrast Covalent and Ionic Bonding (at least 2 similarities and 2 differences)

Similarities: Both involve electrons, both are trying to achieve full outer shells, both involved in chemical reactions

Differences: how they go about getting the electrons (win/lose=ionic, sharing=covalent), the types of elements that can do this type of bonding (metals & non-metals ionic, covalent is between non-metals)

500

This is one of the most versatile elements because it can form ionic and covalent bonds and have 4 valence electrons available for bonding.  I have 2 electron shells

carbon

500

C2H6O

Dot Diagram

500

What are the 7 diatomic elements?

H, N, O, F, Cl, Br, I