Is There A Metal - Chemistry Worksheet printable pdf download

Is There A Metal - Chemistry Worksheet

Is there a metal?

No - Covalent

Is there just one

element?

No – Is it just

Yes - Ionic

Carbon and

Are you dealing with a

Hydrogen?

transition metal (element)?

Yes – Diatomic

(Don’t forget about ammonia

Name after the element

and dimercury, they would go

Yes – Hydrocarbon

to the “Just 1” side)

Use prefix for number

No – Does it start

of carbons and use

with H?

special ending (most

likely –ane)

Yes

Name the metal with a

Name metal with no

Roman Numeral in

Roman numeral.

Yes – Acid

parenthesis after it

No - Binary Molecular

Is it hydrogen and

(Roman Numeral = Charge).

How many different

Use prefixes for the

just another

elements make up the

number of each atom

How many different elements

anion?

element?

you have and change

make up the anion?

the second element’s

ending to ide.

Yes – Binary Acid

No – Oxyacid

Just one

Two or more

Just one

Change the

Look up the

Change the

Start the name with hydro-

Find the polyatomic ion on the chart.

ending of the

polyatomic ion on

ending of the

Change the elements name

If it ends with -ate change the ending to -ic.

so it ends with –ic

element to -ide

the chart

element to -ide

If it ends with -ite change the ending to -ous.

Add acid to the end of the

Add acid to the end of the name.

name

(Remember, the prefix hydro- is NOT used)

From Name to formula:

Is there a metal in the name? Ionic - Look up ions (remember what the difference between -ide, -ate, and –ite is), switchy-switchy and reduce if possible

Is it one word? Check to see if it is diatomic (one of the 7) and write the symbol with a 2 subscript after it. If not, does it end in –ane? Hydrocarbon.

Does it end in acid?

Prefix = C

Does it start with hydro? – binary (Hydrogen and another element)

H = 2C+2

If not oxyacid (Hydrogen and a polyatomic ion) (Remember that the anion tells you how many H’s you have

Does it have prefixes? Binary molecular (Prefixes tell how many of each element you have)