Collisions: Ionic Bonding Key Vocabulary
By playing Collisions, students will learn about and apply key concepts related to ionic bonding. Review these key terms with students in preparation to play.
Ion: an atom or group of atoms that has a positive or negative electric charge as a result of having lost or gained one or more electrons
Cation: a positively charged ion
Anion: a negatively charged ion
Ionic Bond: a chemical bond that results due to the attraction between oppositely charged ions
Ionic Compound: a chemical compound composed of ions. The compound is neutral overall, but consists of positively charged cations and negatively charged anions
Chemical Formula: a set of chemical symbols showing the elements found in a compound and their relative proportions
Lewis Structure: diagrams that show the bonding between atoms of a molecule and the valence electrons that may exist around each atom or ion
Formula Mass: the sum of the atomic weights of the atoms or ions in the empirical formula of the compound