Exploring Chemistry Chapter 9 Flashcards
1
Q
Sodium and chlorine families form compounds by
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electrical attraction
2
Q
Timbuktu is located at the edge of the _______________ Desert.
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Sahara
3
Q
The charged sodium atom, Na+, and the charged chlorine atom, Cl-, will
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attract one another
4
Q
Another name for the chlorine family is
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salt makers
5
Q
Chlorinating drinking water was first tried in London in 1897 to
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top an outbreak of typhoid fever
6
Q
The purple dye containing bromine was prepared by Phoenicians who lived in the city of _______________.
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Tyre
7
Q
Does salt have any purpose other than flavoring food?
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yes
8
Q
The plus sign, +, for the charged sodium atom, Na+, shows that it
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has more protons than electrons
