Ionic Compounds

Ionic Compounds

Unit 5 Review

Types of Ionic Compounds

• Binary Ionic Compounds: Metals from Group 1 & 2 giving electrons to anions (includes polyatomic ions)

• Ternary Ionic Compounds: Transition Metal giving electrons to anions (includes polyatomic ions)

Multiple Choice

Which positively charged ion loses electrons?

• Anion

• Cation

Multiple Choice

Which negatively charged ion gain electrons?

• Anion

• Cation

Multiple Choice

Nonmetals tend to 

• gain electrons
• lose electrons

Multiple Choice

Metals tend to 

• gain electrons
• lose electrons

How to Write Ionic Compounds

• Binary Ionic Compounds: Write the cation (metal) then nonmetal (anion) with suffix -ide

• Ternary Ionic Compounds: Write the transition meta and the charge in roman numerals and parentheses, then the anion with suffix -ide

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT an ionic compound:

• CaO
• NaOH
• BaCl₂
• Br₂