Chemical Bonding

What type of elements are typically in ionic compounds?

• Metals and nonmetals

• Two nonmetals

• Two different metals

• Only metals

What is a cation?

• a negatively charged atom

• a positively charged atom

• a neutral atom

• a breed of cat

What is an anion?

• a negatively charged atom

• a positively charged atom

• a neutral atom

• a type of onion

Do metals gain or lost electrons?

• gain

• lose

Do nonmetals gain or lose electrons?

• gain

• lose

Ions are...

• Charged particles formed when atoms lose or gain electrons.

• Always positive.

• Always negative.

• Very unreactive.

Ionic bonds occur between...

• Halogens

• Metals and metals

• Metals and non-metals

• Metals.

Covalent bonds form between...

• Metals and non-metals.

• Metals

• Non-metals

• Halogens

In an ionic bond, atoms...

• Stick together

• Donate/receive electrons from/to their outer shell

• Lose all their outer shell electrons

• Lose protons from the nucleus

If an atom GAINS electrons it becomes...

• Positively charged

• Negatively charged

• Neutral

• Stable