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Question Set: Using The Periodic Table to Predict Ion Formation
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices:
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts:
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas:
- Complete Table 2.7.
- What patterns do you observe about the ions formed by elements in different groups?
- Based on what you know about how elements in the same groups behave, what ions would you predict are made by the following elements?
- Cs
- Mg
- Te
- F
- An oxygen ion has a 2– charge.
- How many protons does the oxygen ion have?
- How many electrons does the oxygen ion have?
- How many electrons would a neutral oxygen atom have?
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