How To Speak Chemistrian

Maybe more than any other scientific discipline, chemistry has its own ___

• alphabet

• dress code

• number system

• language

Atoms become ions by ___

• gaining or losing neutrons

• nuclear reactions

• gaining or losing electrons

• gaining or losing protons

Cations are atoms that have lost electrons, and therefore take on ___

• a negative charge

• a positive charge

• a larger mass number

• a smaller mass number

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

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Atoms that gain electrons to become negative are ___

• cautions

• onions

• anions

• aniuns

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

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The most basic ions, called monatomic ions, are formed from ___

• single atoms

• pairs of atoms

• alkali metals

• halogens

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To write a monatomic ion as a formula, you use the chemical symbol of its base element and then add ___

• the charge as a subscript

• the charge as a superscript

• the mass number as a subscript

• the atomic number as a superscript

For monoatomic cations, the name is just the element followed by ___

• the word "ion"

• the suffix "ide"

• the suffix "ate"

• the word "charged"

For monoatomic anions, you use the name of the element along with the suffix ___

• "-ion"

• "-ide"

• "-ate"

• "-ous"

When we name ionic compounds, we just say ___

• the anion first, and the cation second

• the cation first, and the anion second

• the element first, and the ion second

• the ion first, and the element second

An ionic compound formed from oxygen and calcium would be named ___

• oxygen calcide

• oxide calcium

• calcium oxide

• calcide oxygen