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Molecule Naming

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What are you called by?
a)
Number
b)
Name
c)
Formula
d)
Signal
2.
PBr5
a)
Phosphorus Bromide
b)
Phosphorus Pentabromide
c)
Pentaphosphorus bromide
d)
Phosphorus Bromine
3.
CO
a)
Carbon Oxide
b)
Carbon Oxygen
c)
Dicarbon dioxide
d)
Carbon Monoxide
4.
SeF4
a)
Tetraselenium fluoride
b)
Selenium Fluoride
c)
Selenium tetraflouride
d)
Selenium (IV) Fluoride
5.
P2O5
a)
Phosphorus Oxide
b)
Pentaphosphorus Dioxide
c)
Diphosphorous pentoxide
d)
Phosphoric Oxygen
6.
Disulfur trioxide
a)
S3O2
b)
SO
c)
S2O3
d)
S2O
7.
Phosphorous trichloride
a)
PCl3
b)
P3Cl
c)
P3Cl3
d)
PCL
8.
Bromine monoflouride
a)
Br1F1
b)
BrF
c)
Br2F
d)
BrF2
9.
Carbon dioxide
a)
C2O2
b)
C2O
c)
CO
d)
CO2
10.
Give the formula for... Dinitrogen trioxide
a)
N(II)O3
b)
N5O6
c)
N3O2
d)
N2O3
11.
Name this compound: P4S5
a)
Tetraphosphide sulfide
b)
Tetraphosphorus pentasulfide
c)
Pentaphosphide tetrasulfur
d)
Pentaphosphorus tetrasulfide
12.
Which statement is true?
a)
metals give up electrons and become anions
b)
metals give up electrons and become cations
c)
metals take electrons to become anions
d)
metals take electrons to become cations
13.
Which family/group on the periodic table loses one electron to become a 1+ charge?
a)
alkali metals
b)
alkaline earth metals
c)
halogens
d)
noble gases
14.
Which of the following is the most common charge for the sulfide ion?
a)
S1-
b)
S2-
c)
Na1+
d)
S1+
15.
Which of the following is the correct formula for zinc chloride?
Zn2+ &  Cl1-
a)
ZnCl
b)
ZnCl2
c)
Zn2Cl3
d)
Zn3Cl2
16.
Name the compound -  FeO
a)
iron oxide
b)
iron(II) oxide
c)
iron(III) oxide
d)
ironide oxygen
17.
What is the compound formed from aluminum and hydroxide ions?
Al3+ & (OH1-)
a)
AlOH
b)
Al(OH)2
c)
Al(OH)3
d)
AlOH2
18.
What is the proper name for the compound -- N2O3
a)
sodium tetroxide
b)
dinitrogen trioxide
c)
binitrogen oxide
d)
nitrogen(II) oxide
19.
Name the compound KNO3
a)
potassium nitrate
b)
potassium mononitrogen trioxide
c)
potassium nitroxide
d)
potassium trioxide
20.
Choose which polyatomic ion is known as the ammonium ion.
a)
NH4+
b)
NO31-
c)
NO21-
d)
N3-
21.
Which of the following metals makes multiple charges (transition metal)?
a)
calcium (Ca)
b)
sodium (Na)
c)
iron (Fe)
d)
zinc (Zn)
22.
What charge does the name copper(II) indicate?
a)
1+
b)
2+
c)
3+
d)
4+
23.
What is the correct name for the compound MgO?
a)
Magnesium monoxide
b)
Magnesium oxide
c)
Monomagnesium monoxide
d)
None of the above
24.
What is the correct name for the compound P4O10?
a)
Phosphorus oxide
b)
Oxygen phosphide
c)
Tetraphosphorus decoxide 
d)
Decoxygen tetraphosphide
25.
What is the correct name for the compound N2O?
a)
Dinitrogen monoxide
b)
Dinitrogen oxide
c)
Nitrogen oxide
d)
Nitrogen dioxide
26.
What is the correct name for the compound CBr4?
a)
Monocarbon tetrabromide
b)
Carbon tetrabromide
c)
Carbon bromide
d)
Tetrabromine monocarbon
27.
What is the correct name for the compound CaO?
a)
Calcium monoxide
b)
Calcium oxide
c)
Carbon monoxide
d)
Carbon oxide
28.
What is the correct name for the compound PH3?
a)
Monophosphorus trihydride
b)
Phosphorus hydride
c)
Trihydrogen monophosphide
d)
Phosphorus trihydride
29.
What is the correct name for the compound Al2S3?
a)
Aluminum sulfide
b)
Dialuminum trisulfide
c)
Trisulfur dialuminide 
d)
Aluminum sulfur
30.
Is N2 an element, a compound, or a molecule?
a)
Element
b)
Molecule
c)
Compound
31.
When two or more elements combine to make a completely new substance, it is called a(n)
a)
compound
b)
element
c)
atom
32.
All compounds are molecules, but not all molecules are compounds.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
What is the name of the following compound, FeCl3?
a)
iron chloride
b)
iron(III) chloride
c)
iron trichloride
d)
iron(I) chloride
34.
What is the formula for the following molecule, sulfur dioxide?
a)
SO
b)
SO2
c)
SO3
d)
S2O3
35.
What is the name of the following molecule, N2O5?
a)
nitrogen oxide
b)
dinitrogen oxide
c)
dinitrogen pentoxide
d)
nitrogen pentoxide
36.
What is the name of the following acid, H2SO4?
a)
sulfuric acid
b)
hydrosulfuric acid
c)
sulfurous acid
d)
hydrogen sulfur acid
37.
What is the name of the compound LiOH?
a)
lithium hydrogen oxide
b)
lithium hydroxide
c)
lithium hydride
d)
lithium oxide hydride
38.
What is the formula for strontium hypochlorite?
a)
Sr(ClO)2
b)
SrCl2
c)
SrO
d)
Sr(Cr2O7)
39.
What is the charge of silver, when it is in a compound?
a)
0
b)
+1
c)
+2
d)
+3
40.
What is the charge of zinc, when it is in a compound?
a)
0
b)
+1
c)
+2
d)
+3
41.
Do the elements lead (Pb) and tin (Sn) need Roman numerals in their name?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Sometimes
d)
I don't know
42.
What is the name of the compound, Pb(NO3)2?
a)
lead nitrate
b)
lead(II) nitrate
c)
lead dinitrate
d)
lead nitride
43.
What molecule is this? 
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Water
d)
Sodium Chloride 
44.
What molecule is this? 
a)
Carbon Dioxide
b)
Methane
c)
Water
d)
Sodium Chloride 
45.
Which of the four following items are made up of one or more molecules?
a)
Gold
b)
Hydrogen
c)
Salt 
d)
Neon 
46.
SnO2
a)
tin(II) oxide
b)
tin(IV)oxide
c)
tin(II)oxegen 
d)
tin oxide
47.
What kind of bond forms when one kind of atom gives electrons to another kind of atom?
a)
Chemical bon
b)
Ionic bond
c)
Covalent bond
d)
Electron bond
48.
What is the name of Ca(NO3)2
a)
calcium nitrite
b)
calcium II nitrate
c)
calcium nitrate
d)
carbon nitrate
49.
Name that Ion
Li+
a)
copper (III)
b)
lithium
c)
ladmium
d)
iodine
50.
Name that Ion
Cu+2
a)
Iron(III)
b)
colbalt(II)
c)
copper(II)
d)
cadmium
51.
Ni+2
a)
zinc
b)
Osmium(IV)
c)
Silver
d)
nickel(II)
52.
Al+3  combines with (PO4)-3 to make the following compound
a)
Ai(PO4)
b)
Al(PO4)
c)
Al(PO4)3
d)
Ai(SO)7⊕⌋
53.
Cu+combines with O-2 to form
a)
Cu2O
b)
Cu2O2
c)
Cu+2O
d)
CU+1O3
54.
MgF2
a)
magnesium fluoride
b)
manganese Phosphide
c)
magnesium(III) fluoride
d)
magnesium fluoride(II)
55.
Fe+3 combines with O-2 to form
a)
iron (III) oxide
b)
iron(II) oxide
c)
iron(III) nitride
d)
oxide dihydride
56.
Carbon dioxide
a)
C2O2
b)
C20
c)
CO
d)
CO2
57.
Phosphorous trichloride
a)
PCl3
b)
P3Cl
c)
P3Cl3
d)
PCL
58.
Bromine monoflouride
a)
Br1F1
b)
BrF
c)
Br2F
d)
BrF2
59.
Disulfur trioxide
a)
S3O2
b)
SO
c)
S2O3
d)
S2O
60.
What does the Roman Numeral in the name of a multivalent compound represent?
a)
the charge on the anion
b)
the charge on the cation
c)
the number of cations
d)
the number of metal ions