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Match each term to its meaning

Exercise and reference answers

Matching pairs
  1. Left
    Cation
    Right
    The positive ion, from a metal
  2. Left
    Anion
    Right
    The negative ion, from a nonmetal
  3. Left
    Isoelectronic
    Right
    Same electron count as another
  4. Left
    Polar covalent
    Right
    Shared pair pulled to one side
  5. Left
    Lattice
    Right
    Repeating three-dimensional array
Instructions
Tap a term on the left, then tap its meaning on the right.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Chemistry 2e (CC BY 4.0), Ch 7 'Chemical Bonding and Molecular Geometry', sections 7.1-7.6_
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