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Naming Compounds: Basic Ionic and Covalent Naming

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When metals bond with non-metals they form what type of bonds
a)
covalent
b)
ionic
c)
cooperative
d)
lewis
2.
What elements generally make an ionic bond?
a)
metal and nonmetal
b)
2 or more nonmetals
c)
metal
d)
none of the above
3.
What elements generally make a covalent bond?
a)
metal and nonmetal
b)
2 or more nonmetals
c)
metal
d)
none of the above
4.

Covalent: What is the name of N2O3

a)

Nitrogen trioxide

b)

Dinitrogen oxide

c)

Dinitrogen trioxide

d)

Nitrogen oxide

5.

Covalent: What is the chemical formula for Tetrasulfur pentoxide?

a)

SO

b)

S4O

c)

S4O5

d)

S5O4

6.

Covalent: What is the name of C3Cl8 ?

a)

Carbon octachloride

b)

Tricarbon octachloride

c)

Carbon trichloride

d)

Octacarbon trichloride

7.

Covalent: What is the chemical formula for Nitrogen triiodide?

a)

NI

b)

N3I

c)

NI3

d)

None of these

8.

Covalent: What is the name of CO

a)

Carbon oxide

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Carbon monoxide

d)

Carbon II oxide

9.

Covalent: What is the chemical formula for Fluorine trisulfide ?

a)

S3F

b)

FS3

c)

FS

d)

none of the above

10.

Covalent: What is the chemical formula for CP ?

a)

Carbon phosphide

b)

Monocarbon phosphide

c)

Carbon monophosphide

d)

none of the above

11.

Covalent: What is the chemical name for NI3 ?

a)

Nitrogen hydroxide

b)

Nitrogen trinitride

c)

Mononitrogen triiodide

d)

Triiodide mononitrogen

12.

Ionic: LiBr is called

a)

lithium bromine

b)

lithium (I) bromine

c)

lithium bromide

d)

lithuim (I) bromide

13.

Ionic: Name the following ionic compound: BeCl2

a)

beryllium chlorine

b)

beryllium II chloride

c)

beryllium chloride

d)

beryllium dichloride

14.

When naming a compound, what must the last part be?

a)

the element with "ide" at the end

b)

the element with the ending "ite"

c)

the name of the element

d)

the element with "ide" at the end, unless its a polyatomic ion

15.

Which compound naming uses prefixes?

a)

Ionic

b)

Covalent

c)

Ionic and covalent both do

d)

Neither Ionic or covalent do

16.

Ionic: Li2O

a)

Dilithium oxideDilithium oxide

b)

Lithium oxide

c)

Lithium dioxide

17.

Ionic: MgS

a)

Magnesium sulfide

b)

Monomagnesium monosulfide

c)

Magnesium monosulfide

18.

Ionic: Na2S

a)

Disodium sulfide

Disodium sulfide

b)

Sodium sulfide

c)

Sodium monosulfide

19.

How do the following two elements bond together?

Cr3+ O2- (Hint: How many do I need of each to get a charge of zero?)

a)

CrO

b)

Cr3O2

c)

Cr2O3

d)

CrO3

20.

How do the following two elements bond together?

Al3+ O2- (Hint: How many do I need of each to get a charge of zero?)

a)

AlO

b)

Al2O3

c)

Al3O6

d)

Al3O2