Atoms, Bonding and Ions

Question 1

Particles

Answer 1

All matter in the universe is comprised of atoms

Question 2

Matter

Answer 2

Anything that takes up space is matter

Question 3

Groups

Answer 3

Each group in the periodic table correlates to how many electrons each atom has in its outer shell

Question 4

What is the mass number?

Answer 4

The top number, representing the number of protons and electrons

Question 5

What is the atomic number?

Answer 5

The bottom number, representing the number of protons

Question 6

Shells

Answer 6

Electrons orbit in shells of 2-8-8-8-….

Question 7

Cation

Answer 7

A positively charged ion

Question 8

Anion

Answer 8

A negatively charged ion

Question 9

How do you represent the electrons added to anions?

Answer 9

Use a dot

Question 10

What bonding is a metal and a non-metal?

Answer 10

Ionic bonding

Question 11

Electrostatic

Answer 11

The forces between two oppositely charged ions that hold them together

Question 12

When can a covalent structure conduct electricity?

Answer 12

When it is molten or dissolved

Question 13

What is the outer shell called?

Answer 13

The valence

Question 14

What type of bonding occurs when a non-metal reacts with another non-metal

Answer 14

Covalent bonding

Question 15

What type of boiling point to covalent structures have?

Answer 15

Low boiling points because they have weak intermolecular forces

Question 16

Can covalent structures conduct electricity

Answer 16

No because they have no charge carriers

Question 17

What is covalent bond?

Answer 17

A shared pair of electrons, they are strong.

Question 18

The bigger the molecule the stronger the what?

Answer 18

The stronger the intermolecular forces

Question 19

Diatomic

Answer 19

Two atoms in a molecule

Question 20

What is special about the ratio of a nanoparticle