General Questions
What is an ionic compound?
What is a compound composed of positive and negative ions held together by electrostatic forces?
What are the naming rules for binary ionic compounds? (Battle Royale)
What is the metal cation is named first, followed by the nonmetal anion with its name modified to end in "-ide?"
What is the formula for sodium bromide? (Battle Royale)
What is NaBr?
What holds the positive and negative ions together in an ionic bond?
What is electrostatic attraction between opposite charges?
What is the charge of the chloride ion? (Double Points)
What is -1?
How are ionic compounds formed?
What is through the transfer of electrons from a metal atom to a nonmetal atom?
Name the compound CaO. (Double Points)
What is calcium oxide?
What is the formula for aluminum nitrate?
What is Al(NO3)3?
What are some properties of ionic compounds? (At least two) (Battle Royale)
What is high melting and boiling points, crystalline structure, and they conduct electricity when dissolved in water or melted?
What is the charge of the nitrate ion?
What is -1?
What is the general trend for the formation of cations in ionic compounds? (Battle Royale)
What is metals tend to lose electrons and form cations?
Name the compound MgCl2.
What is magnesium chloride?
What is the formula for calcium phosphate?
What is Ca3(PO4)2?
Why do ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points?
What is the strong electrostatic forces between ions require a significant amount of energy to break?
What is the charge of the sulfate ion? (Double Points)
What is -2?
What is the general trend for the formation of anions in ionic compounds?
What is nonmetals tend to gain electrons and form anions?
Name the compound K2S.
What is potassium sulfide?
What is the formula for potassium hydroxide?
What is KOH?
Do ionic compounds conduct electricity as solids? If not, when? (Double Points)
What is no, they only conduct electricity when dissolved in water or melted?
What is the formula for iron(II) oxide.
What is FeO?
Give an example of an ionic compound and state the charges of its ions. (Battle Royale)
What is sodium chloride (NaCl), with sodium ions (Na+) and chloride ions (Cl-)?
Name the compound Al2O3.
What is aluminum oxide?
What is the formula for iron(II) sulfate? (Double Points)
What is FeSO4?
Explain why ionic compounds are brittle.
What is when a force is applied, the ions in an ionic lattice shift, causing charges to come close to each other, leading to repulsion and a breakdown of the lattice structure?
Name the compound KCl.
What is potassium chloride?