Download Vocabulary: "Chemical Bonding"

Name: ______________________
Hour: ____ Date: ___________
Chemistry: Vocabulary – Chapter 7, Chemical Formulas and Compounds
Search the pages of Chapter 7 and anywhere else in your text or on the internet and write the
definitions for each of the following terms.
1. octet rule
2. cation
3. anion
4. ionic compound
5. salt
6. monatomic ion
7. binary compound
8. polyatomic ions
9. covalent bond
10. molecular compound
11. molecular formula
12. structural formula
13. organic compound
14. nomenclature
15. oxyanion
16. oxidation number
17. oxidation state
18. formula mass
19. percentage composition
20. empirical formula
21. What is a chemical formula?
22. What is a subscript?
23. What does a subscript represent in a chemical formula?
24. Why would scientists need to determine a compound’s empirical formula?
25. How does an empirical formula differ from a molecular formula?
26. What is the most important factor in determining the chemical properties of a molecule?
27. What are monoatomic ions and give three examples of monatomic ions?
28. Write the ion most typically formed by each of the following atoms:
a. K______
b. Ca______ c. S______
d. Cl______ e. Ba______ f. Br______
29. Write the formula for and indicate the charge on each of the following ions
Sodium ion _________
Nitride ion_________
aluminum ion_________
chloride ion_________
iron (II) ion_________
iron (III) _________
30. How does the chemical formula for the nitrite ion differ from the chemical formula for the nitrate
ion?
31. What is meant by the molar mass of a compound?
32. What three types of information are used to find an empirical formula from percentage composition
data?
33. What are the prefixes for the numbers 1-10?
34. What are the 8 rules for assigning oxidation numbers?
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