PRACTICE SHEET

CHEMISTRY

Student’s Name: ……………………… MYP Year 4 / Section:( )

Date: ……………………… Teacher: ……………………

Unit Title: IONIC BONDS AND IONIC COMPOUNDS

Refer back to the below command terms if needed:

COMMAND TERM DEFINITION

State Give a specific name, value or other brief

answer without explanation or calculation.

Explain Give a detailed account including reasons or

causes.

Identify Provide an answer from a number of

possibilities.
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IONIC BONDS AND IONIC COMPOUNDS

Section Review

Objectives
 Explain the electrical charge of an ionic compound
 Describe three properties of ionic compounds

Vocabulary
 ionic compounds  formula unit
 ionic bonds  coordination number
 chemical formula

Part A Completion
Use this completion exercise to check your understanding of the concepts and terms that are introduced in this
section. Each blank can be completed with a term, short phrase, or number.

1
Anions and cations attract one another by means of _______. 1.
2
The forces of attraction that hold _______ charged ions together in
3
ionic compounds are called _______. Although they are composed 2.
4
of ions, ionic compounds are electrically _______. The lowest
whole-number ratio of ions in an ionic compound is called a
3.
5
_______.
6
Nearly all ionic compounds are solid _______ at room
7
temperature. Ionic compounds in general have very _______ 4.
8
melting temperatures. This is because the _______ attractive forces
9
between the ions result in a very _______ structure. Ionic 5.
10
compounds conduct an electric current when in the _______ state or
dissolved in water.
6.

Oppositely, neutral, electrostatic forces, crystals, high,

formula unit, large, stable, ionic bonds, molten
7.

8.

9.

10.
Part C Matching
Match each description in Column B to the correct term in Column A

Column A Column B

16. ionic compounds b. compounds composed of cations and anions

c. shows the kinds and numbers of atoms in the smallest

17. ionic bonds representative unit of a substance

18. chemical formula d. lowest whole-number ratio of ions in an ionic compound

e. the electrostatic forces of attraction binding oppositely charged

19. formula unit ions together