CHEM 103 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● octet rule
Answer: EVERY ATOM WANTS 8 ELECTRONS IN THEIR
OUTERSHELL
●● ionic bonding
Answer: chemical bond formed through the transfer of one or more
electrons from one atom or group of atoms to another group
EX : NaBr
●● metals
Answer: give
●● nonmetals
Answer: take
●● oxidation number
Answer: the superscript indicating the charge on an ion
,●● ion
Answer: atom with either positive or negative charge
●● binary compound
Answer: compounds in which 2 elements are present , metal and non
metal - nonmetal changes to ide
●● ionization energy
Answer: energy required to remove the most loosley held electron from
outer shell ; up and to the right
●● polyatomic molecule
Answer: nonmetals that form one ion
●● covalent bond
Answer: sharing of electrons
EX : CO2
●● polyatomic ions
Answer: Ag silver ion
Fe 2+ ferrous ion
,Fe 3+ ferric ion
Cu 1+ cuprous ion
Cu 2+ cupric ion
●● binary molecule
Answer: 1st word : prefix and full name
2nd word : prefix and stem and ide
●● mono
Answer: 1
●● di
Answer: 2
●● tri
Answer: 3
●● tetra
Answer: 4
●● penta
Answer: 5
, ●● hexa
Answer: 6
●● hepta
Answer: 7
●● octa
Answer: 8
●● ennea
Answer: 9
●● deca
Answer: 10
●● bonding electrons
Answer: pairs of valence electrons that are shared between pairs
●● non bonding electrons
Answer: lone pairs that
are not involved in electron sharing
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE
●● octet rule
Answer: EVERY ATOM WANTS 8 ELECTRONS IN THEIR
OUTERSHELL
●● ionic bonding
Answer: chemical bond formed through the transfer of one or more
electrons from one atom or group of atoms to another group
EX : NaBr
●● metals
Answer: give
●● nonmetals
Answer: take
●● oxidation number
Answer: the superscript indicating the charge on an ion
,●● ion
Answer: atom with either positive or negative charge
●● binary compound
Answer: compounds in which 2 elements are present , metal and non
metal - nonmetal changes to ide
●● ionization energy
Answer: energy required to remove the most loosley held electron from
outer shell ; up and to the right
●● polyatomic molecule
Answer: nonmetals that form one ion
●● covalent bond
Answer: sharing of electrons
EX : CO2
●● polyatomic ions
Answer: Ag silver ion
Fe 2+ ferrous ion
,Fe 3+ ferric ion
Cu 1+ cuprous ion
Cu 2+ cupric ion
●● binary molecule
Answer: 1st word : prefix and full name
2nd word : prefix and stem and ide
●● mono
Answer: 1
●● di
Answer: 2
●● tri
Answer: 3
●● tetra
Answer: 4
●● penta
Answer: 5
, ●● hexa
Answer: 6
●● hepta
Answer: 7
●● octa
Answer: 8
●● ennea
Answer: 9
●● deca
Answer: 10
●● bonding electrons
Answer: pairs of valence electrons that are shared between pairs
●● non bonding electrons
Answer: lone pairs that
are not involved in electron sharing