Question

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What are possible components of ionic compounds? Check all that apply.

1: a metal and a nonmetal

2: 2 metals

3: a metal and a polyatomic anion

4: a polyatomic cation and a metal




What happens to ions during bonding to form an ionic compound?

Cations accept electrons and anions give away electrons.

Anions and cations share electrons.

Cations give away electrons and anions accept those electrons.

Answer 1

For the 1st question :

1 is correct
2 is incorrect
3 is correct
4 is correct

For the 2nd question :

Cations give away electrons and anions meaning the elections accepts them


So the correct answer is "Cations give away electrons and anions accept those electrons."

Answer 2

Question 1:

1: a metal and a nonmetal

3: a metal and a polyatomic anion

4: a polyatomic cation and a metal

Question 2:

Cations give away electrons and anions accept those electrons