Wednesday, December 2, 2009

COMPOUNDS...A COMBINATION OF ELEMENTS BONDED TOGHETHER THROUGH CHEMICAL BONDS

The diagram above shows Sodium Chloride being formed by the exchange of one electron. Notice that once the chlorine and sodium ions bond, the net charge becomes 0. What is a chemical bond? It is the bond formed between different elements share or exhange electrons which essentially "bonds" them together!

* This week we learned the important concept that compounds are formed when chemical reactions occur. We also learned that when chemical reactions occur, electrons are exchanged (ionic compound) or are shared (molecular compounds) between the elements in a compound. We also reviewed the idea that in a mixture, there is no chemical bonds between the different substances.


WORK THIS WEEK:

Reading: Be sure you have read up to the end of section 3.0!

Questions: Complete check and reflect questions on page 149 and 153 (all questions) and also the Assess your Learning (section review) questions, 1-12 only

Vocab: Complete the new vocabulary #8


WORK DUE THURSDAY: All check and reflect questions (pg 149/153) and Assess your Learning #1-12 page 154/155.

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