Ion

What is an ion

• An Ion is an atom with a charge

• An ion is an atom with a negative charge

• An ion is an atom with a positive charge

• An ion is an atom with no charge

How are Ions Created?

• Ions are created when they lose an electron or gain an electron.

• Ions are created when they lose an electron

• Ions are created when They gain an electron

• Atoms are Ions

A positive charged Ion is

• When it gains an electron

• When it loses an electron

• When it is neutral

• When it is about to blow up into smithereens

A negative charged Ion is

• When it Gains An electron

• When it Loses an electron

• When it is neutral

• When is is about to blow into smitherines

Make O(oxygen) an ion

• O gains 2 e-

• 0 loses 2 e-

• O is already an ion

• O gains 8 e-

If Oxygen gains 2 e- it is_____.and the charge is_______

• Cation|Negative Charge

• Cation|Positive Charge

• Anion|Negative Charge

• Anion|Positive Charge

An anion is

• A negatively charged Ion

• A positively charged Ion

• A cation

A Cation is

• A negatively charged Ion

• A positively charged Ion

• An Anion

Make Potassium(K) An Ion. It is a _______

• Gains 1 e-|Anion

• Loses 1 e-|Anion

• Gains 1 e-|Cation

• Loses 1 e-|Cation

When you balance the charges you don't need to write

• The Charges

• The Subscript

• The Coeficcent