Practice Naming and Writing Formulas

What is the formula for: silver oxide

• AgO₂

• AgO

• Ag₂O

• SiO₂

• None of these.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the formula for: aluminum phosphide

• AlP

• AlP₃

• Al₃P₃

• Al₃P₂

• None of these.

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the formula for: potassium fluoride

• KF

• KFl

• K₂F₂

• K₂F

• None of these.

When naming compounds, how can you tell it is an acid?

• There is a H in the front of the formula

• There are more than 2 elements in the formula

• The elements are on left and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are in the middle and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are on the right hand side of the periodic table

When writing chemical formulas, how do you know it is a polyatomic compound?

• The word acid is in its name

• Its name ends in

  -ate or -ite

• Its name has roman numerals

• Its name ends in

  -ide

When writing chemical formulas, how do you know it is a multivalent ionic compound?

• The word acid is in its name

• Its name ends in

  -ate or -ite

• Its name has roman numerals

• Its name ends in

  -ide

When writing chemical formulas, how do you know it is a molecular compound?

• The elements are on the left and right hand sides of the periodic table

• Its name ends in

  -ate or -ite

• The name contains prefixes

• Its name ends in -ide

• The elements are on the right hand side of the periodic table

When naming compounds, how can you tell it is a polyatomic compound?

• There is a H in the front of the formula

• There are more than 2 elements in the formula

• The elements are on left and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are in the middle and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are on the right hand side of the periodic table

When naming compounds, how can you tell it is a multivalent ionic compound?

• There is a H in the front of the formula

• There are more than 2 elements in the formula

• The elements are on left and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are in the middle and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are on the right hand side of the periodic table

When naming compounds, how can you tell it is a molecular compound?

• There is a H in the front of the formula

• There are more than 2 elements in the formula

• The elements are on left and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are in the middle and right hand side of the periodic table

• The elements are on the right hand side of the periodic table