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Question Set: Using The Periodic Table to Predict Ion Formation
NGSS Science and Engineering Practices
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
NGSS Crosscutting Concepts
Patterns
NGSS Disciplinary Core Ideas
PS1.A: Structure and Properties of Matter
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Question Set: Using The Periodic Table to Predict Ion Formation
  1. Complete Table 2.7.
     
    ACTIVITY SHEET

    Table 2.7. Ion Formation

  2. What patterns do you observe about the ions formed by elements in different groups?
     
  3. Based on what you know about how elements in the same groups behave, what ions would you predict are made by the following elements?
    1. Cs
    2. Mg
    3. Te
    4. F
       
  4. An oxygen ion has a 2– charge.
    1. How many protons does the oxygen ion have?
    2. How many electrons does the oxygen ion have?
    3. How many electrons would a neutral oxygen atom have?
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