CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT
FORMULA WRITING WEEK STUDY GUIDE
OCTOBER 13, 2006
NAME
Formula Writing
Study Guide
STUDY GUIDE:
1)
Define the following terms (Reference: Your PowerPoint lecture notes.)
a)
ion
b)
valence number
c)
oxidation state/number
d)
chemical bond
e)
compound
2)
What are the two types of compounds? List an example of each. (Reference: Your
PowerPoint lecture notes.)
3)
What are the two types of chemical bonds? List an example of each (Reference:
Look at the pictures beside I.D. on your PowerPoint lecture notes.)
4)
What is a cation? What is an anion? (Reference: Lab #10: Binary Compounds,
PreLab Discussion)
5)
What does the roman numeral written in parentheses after the cation in a compound
name mean? Provide an example of an element that would NEED the roman numeral
before you could write a chemical formula. (Reference: Lab #10: Binary
Compounds, PreLab Discussion)
6)
What chemical compound did the burning of magnesium create? (Reference: Lab
#10: Binary Compounds, Procedure & Data/Observations)
7)
What happened when iron and copper sulfate solution were mixed? What substances
were created? (Reference: Lab #10: Binary Compounds, Procedure &
Data/Observations)
8)
What happened when aluminum and copper chloride solution were mixed? What
substances were created? (Reference: Lab #10: Binary Compounds, Procedure &
Data/Observations)
9)
What color was the calcium hydroxide solution (a base) in the presence of PHTH
indicator? (Reference: Lab #10: Ternary Compounds, Procedure &
Data/Observations)
10)
What color was the calcium hydroxide solution (a base) in the presence of universal
indicator? (Reference: Lab #10: Ternary Compounds, Procedure &
Data/Observations)
11)
What acid did you create when you blew through the straw and into the water?
(Reference: Lab #11: Ternary Compounds, PreLab Discussion)
CHEMISTRY IN CONTEXT
FORMULA WRITING WEEK STUDY GUIDE
OCTOBER 13, 2006
12)
13)
NAME
Write chemical formulae for the following compounds:
a)
calcium hydroxide
b)
magnesium carbonate
c)
lithium phosphide
d)
lithium phosphate
e)
beryllium nitride
f)
potassium chloride
g)
iron (III) oxide
h)
barium iodide
i)
aluminum sulfate
j)
nickel (II) nitrate
k)
cobalt (II) sulfide
l)
zinc oxide
Name the following chemical compounds:
a)
CaCl2
b)
(NH4)I
c)
Mg3P2
d)
Mg3(PO4)2
e)
K2S
f)
K2(SO4)
g)
AlN
h)
Al(NO3)3
i)
Na(OH)
j)
H2(CO3)
k)
Fe(NO3)3
l)
Fe(NO3)2