Ionic bonding in NaCl – true or false?

A positive ion will be attracted to any negative ion.

• True

• False

A sodium ion is only bonded to the chloride ion it donated its electron to.

• True

• False

A sodium atom can only form one ionic bond, because it only has one electron in its outer shell to donate.

• True

• False

The reason a bond is formed between chloride ions and sodium ions is because an electron has been transferred

between them

• True

• False

In the diagram a chloride ion is attracted to one sodium ion by a bond and is attracted to other sodium ions just by forces.

• True

• False

In the diagram each molecule of sodium chloride contains one sodium ion and one chloride ion.

• True

• False

An ionic bond is the attraction between a positive ion and a negative ion.

• True

• False

A positive ion can be bonded to any neighbouring negative ion, if it is close enough

• True

• False

It is not possible to know where the ionic bonds are, unless you know which chloride ions accepted electrons from which sodium ions

• True

• False

A chloride ion is only bonded to the sodium ion it accepted an electron from.

• True

• False