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| When forming a chemical compound, an atom of an element ______. |
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| An anion is any atom or group of atoms with a _____ charge. |
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| The molecular formula for table salt is _____. |
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| Whenever two elements form more than one compound, the different masses of one element that combine with the same mass of the other element are in the _______. |
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| ratio of small whole numbers |
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| The names of polyatomic ions end in ___ or ___. |
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| In polyatomic ions for which there is an -ite/-ate pair, the -ite ending will always indicate ____ oxygen atom than the -ate ending. |
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| The systematic name for baking soda is _____. |
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| In writing a formula for an ionic compound, the net ionic charge of the formula must be ____. |
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| The elements in the periodic table are arranged in vertical columns called ___. |
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| Groups 1A through 7A and Group 0 make up the ___ elements. |
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| Metals on the periodic table are located on the __ and lower sides of the table. |
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| left (beneath the staircase). |
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| Nonmetals are on the right and ___ sides. |
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| Every substance is either an ____ or a ____. |
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| A compound is either _____ or ionic in nature. |
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| Molecular compounds are composed of two or more ____. |
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| The representative particle of a molecular compound is a ____. |
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| Ionic compounds are composed of oppositely charged ____ combined in electrically neutral groupings. |
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| The charges of the ions of the ____ elements can be determined by the position of these elements in the periodic table. |
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| Most ___ metals have more than one common ionic charge. |
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| Binary ionic compounds are named by writing the name of the ____ followed by the name of the ____. |
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| metallic cation, non metallic anions |
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| Names of binary compounds end in ___. |
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| When a cation has more than one ionic charge, a ____ is used in the name. |
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| Ternary compounds contain at least one ____ ion. |
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| Binary molecular compounds are composed of two ___ elements. |
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| Binary molecular compounds end in ____. |
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| Prefixes are used to show how many __ of each element are present in a molecule of the compound. |
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| Di(2)arsenic Penta(5)sulfIDE (-ide because it's a binary molecular compound) |
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| Compounds of the general formula HX, where X is an anion, are named as ___. |
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