Chemical Nomenclature: Learn the importance of

inorganic compounds in life!

Question 1: Earlier you named oxygen, sulfur and iodine.
Which of the listed elements is a metal?
✓ Neither of them
– All of them
– Sulfur
– Iodine

Question 2: What type of ion does phosphorus form and why?

✓ An anion, because it is a nonmetal
– A cation, because it is a metal
– A cation, because it is a nonmetal
– An anion, because it is a metal

Question 3: What is the IUPAC name of the ion formed by phosphorus?

✓ Phosphide
– Phosphoide
– Phosphide(III) ion
– Phosphorus(III) ion

Question 4: What is the IUPAC name for the compound with the formula: LiFL i f
✓ Lithium fluoride
– Lithium(I) fluoride
– Monolithium monofluoride
– Lithium fluorine

Question 5: In aqueous solution, what is the IUPAC name of the compound with the formula: HIH i?
✓ Hydroiodic acid
– Hydrogen iodide acid
– Iodine hydride
– Hydrogen iodide

Question 6: What is the IUPAC name for the binary compound with the formula: H2OH 2 O?
✓ Dihydrogen monoxide
– Monoxide dihydrogen
– Hydroxide
– Monohydride dioxide

Question 7: What is the IUPAC name of the oxyacid formed from chlorite?
✓ Chlorous acid
– Chlorite
– Chlorous
– Chloric acid

Question 8: What is the IUPAC name of the oxyacid with the formula: HClO4H C l O 4?
✓ Perchloric acid
– Perchloric
– Perchlorous
– Perchlorous acid

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Question 9: What is the IUPAC name of the oxyanionoxy-anion with the formula: SO42-S O 4 2
minus?
✓ Sulfate
– Persulfate
– Hyposulfite
– Sulfite

Question 10: How many oxygens are bound to sulfur in the compound, sulfite?
✓3
–4
–1
–2

Question 11: How many oxygens are bound to the central atom of an oxyanionoxy-anion with a per-
prefix?
✓ Sometimes 4
– Sometimes 1
– Always 1
– Always 4

Question 12: Okay! You’re almost there! One last question!

What is the IUPAC name for the compound with this formula: H3PO3H 3 P O 3?
✓ Phosphorous acid
– Phosphate
– Phosphite
– Phosphoric acid

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