Understanding Hydroxides and Oxides

What is the general formula for a hydroxide compound?

Which of the following is a common method for forming hydroxides?

• Reacting a metal with oxygen

• Reacting a metal oxide with water

• Reacting a metal with carbon dioxide

• Reacting a metal with nitrogen

What is the chemical formula for sodium hydroxide?

Which of the following is an example of an oxide?

What is formed when magnesium reacts with oxygen?

Which of the following reactions represents the formation of a hydroxide?

What is the product when potassium oxide reacts with water?

Which of the following is a property of metal oxides?

• They are acidic

• They are basic

• They are neutral

• They are amphoteric

What is the chemical formula for aluminum oxide?

Which of the following metals forms an amphoteric oxide?

• Sodium

• Aluminum

• Calcium

• Potassium