Molecular Compounds

Question 1

What are polyatomic compounds?

Answer 1

Molecular compounds that never split up and have an overall charge used when combining with other elements

Question 2

How can the same elements make up different substances?

Answer 2

Different ratios of the elements

Question 3

What are the steps to naming molecular compounds? (4 steps)

Answer 3

1. Check to make sure there are no metals
2. Write both names and replace the ending of the second element to ‘ide’
3. Add prefixes if required
4. Only use ‘mono’ on the second element if required