Mission CB2 Ionic Bonding

Mission CB2 pertains to ion formation and ionic bonding. Students must predict how main group metals and nonmetals gain and lose electrons to obtain stable octets and how the ions formed from the process attract to form an ionic bond. The mission consists of 40 questions organized into 10 Question Groups.

• The student should be able to describe ion formation by main group elements in terms of the gain or loss of electrons to obtain stable octet configurations.
• The student should be able to explain how ionic bonds form when given orbital diagrams, electron shell diagrams, or electron configurations of the bonded elements.

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• Ions and Ionic Bonds