Real World Chemistry Webquest
Name ______________________________________ Date ________________
Go to the following website www.ausetute.com.au/lewisstr.html
1) What is a LEWIS DOT DIAGRAM?
2) How is a Lewis Dot Diagram related to the number of valance electrons an atom has?
3) What is a cation?
4) How is a cation formed?
5) What is an anion?
6) How is an anion formed?
7) Why do atoms gain or lose electrons?
8) Write the full (short hand) electron configuration for Krypton.
9) Use the electron configuration of Krypton to determine the Lewis Dot Diagram.
10) What is an ionic compound?
11) The overall charge of an ionic compound must equal __________________.
** Go to www.webelements.com and classify the first 60 elements as metal, non-metal or metalloid in the following chart. Hydrogen has been done for you.
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12) Write a Lewis Dot Diagram of 2 ionic bonds.