Ionic vs. Covalent
What is Ionic
The name for the compound NaCl.
What is Sodium Chloride?
The name for the common greenhouse gas CO2.
What is Carbon Dioxide?
Two or more substances combine to form a single new substance.
What is synthesis?
These substances are found to the left of the arrow.
What are reactants?
A metal and a nonmetal bound together.
What is ionic?
The name for MgO.
What is Magnesium Oxide?
The name for N2O often called "laughing gas".
What is Dinitrogen Monoxide.
A single compound breaks down into two or more simpler substances.
What is decomposition?
This symbol (→) separates the two sides of the equation.
What is yield?
Also called salts.
What is Ionic?
The name for FeCl3.
What is Iron (III) Chloride?
This prefix is used to show that there are seven atoms of an element.
What is hepta?
Oxygen reacts with a hydrocarbon to produce energy, CO2, and H2O.
What is Combustion?
These small numbers tell you how many atoms of an element are in a molecule.
What are subscripts?
These compounds form primarily gases
What is Covalent?
The name for Na2SO4.
What is Sodium Sulfate?
The name for PCl5.
What is Phosphorous Pentachloride?
An element reacts with a compound and takes the place of another element.
What is single displacement?
These large numbers are placed in front of formulas to balance the equation.
What are coefficients?
This specific bond type is formed when electrons are shared unequally.
What is polar covalent?
The name for NH4NO3.
What is Ammonium Nitrate?
The name for C6H12.
What is Hexacarbon Dodecahydride.
Two compounds exchange ions to form two new compounds.
What is double displacement?
These small numbers tell you the charge of ions before they bond.
What are superscripts?