Unit 4
Objectives Outline
4.1) Describe the properties of ions.
a. Explain what an ion is.
b. Explain how ions form.
c. Explain how the structure of an element is related to its chemical reactivity.
d. Explain why the properties of an ion differs from the neutral atom.
e. Identify stable cations and anions.
f. Explain why certain ions are stable.
Vocabulary: Octet rule, Ion, Anion, Cation, Valence Electrons.
4.2) Explain what ionic bonds and ionic compounds are and represent them with Lewis dot structures.
a. Describe the process of how ionic bonds form.
b. Draw electron configurations and Lewis dot structures of neutral atoms and their ions.
c. Describe the properties of ionic compounds.
d. Explain how ionic compounds form and draw how they form using diagrams.
Vocabulary: Molecule, Compound, Ionic compound, Salt, Crystal lattice
4.3) Write ionic compounds with correct symbols and names.
a. Write chemical formulas of ionic compounds from Lewis dot structures.
b. Name ionic compounds from their chemical formula.
c. Write chemical formals of ionic compounds from their name.
Vocabulary: Chemical formula, Polyatomic ion
a. Explain what an ion is.
b. Explain how ions form.
c. Explain how the structure of an element is related to its chemical reactivity.
d. Explain why the properties of an ion differs from the neutral atom.
e. Identify stable cations and anions.
f. Explain why certain ions are stable.
Vocabulary: Octet rule, Ion, Anion, Cation, Valence Electrons.
4.2) Explain what ionic bonds and ionic compounds are and represent them with Lewis dot structures.
a. Describe the process of how ionic bonds form.
b. Draw electron configurations and Lewis dot structures of neutral atoms and their ions.
c. Describe the properties of ionic compounds.
d. Explain how ionic compounds form and draw how they form using diagrams.
Vocabulary: Molecule, Compound, Ionic compound, Salt, Crystal lattice
4.3) Write ionic compounds with correct symbols and names.
a. Write chemical formulas of ionic compounds from Lewis dot structures.
b. Name ionic compounds from their chemical formula.
c. Write chemical formals of ionic compounds from their name.
Vocabulary: Chemical formula, Polyatomic ion