Identifying and Naming Compounds

What is a compound?

• The smallest unit of all matter.

• Two or more atoms bonded together.

• A substance containing only one type of atom.

• A substance containing different types of bonded atoms.

Which of the following is NOT a compound?

• water

• sodium chloride

• oxygen

• carbon dioxide

IRON HYDROXIDE contains the following, EXCEPT...

• iron

• oxygen

• hydrogen

• carbon

What elements can be found in

COPPER NITRATE?

(you may choose more than one answer)

• copper

• nitrogen

• oxygen

• carbon

Name the compound formed from potassium, carbon, and oxygen.

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