Naming Binary Ionic Compounds

When you combine a metal and a nonmetal to form an ionic compound, you change the ending of the nonmetal to (a)   .

• -ide
• -ine
• -ic
• -ate
• -ite

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Ionic Compounds

,

(b) NOT Ionic Compounds

• MgF₂

• NaCl

• CO₂

• H₂O

• P₂O₅

• Al₂O₃

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

Label the metals and the nonmetals

a

b

nonmetals

metals

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

What is the name for the compound Na₃N?

• Sodium Nitrate
• Sodium Nitrite
• Sodium Nitrogen
• Sodium Nitride

What is the name for the compound Mg₃P₂?

• magnesium phosphite
• magnesium phosphide
• magnesium triphosphide
• magnesium diphosphide

When chlorine becomes an ion, what will it's name become?

• chlorate
• chlorine

• chlorite

• chloride

When oxygen becomes an ion, what will it's name become?

(a)  

When nitrogen becomes an ion, what will it's name become?

(a)  

When bromine becomes an ion, what will it's name become? (a)  

• bromide
• bromite
• bromate
• bromine
• bromic
• dibromide

When naming a binary ionic compound, the (a)   is written first, followed by the ​ (b)   . The metal will become a ​ (c)   and the nonmetal will become an ​ (d)   . ​ (e)   .

• metal
• nonmetal
• cation
• anion
• Cations are positive and anions are negative
• Anions are positive and cations are negative
• both cations and anions are positive
• both cations and anions are negative