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#1: To the right we see the protons in the nucleus of
carbon and fluorine atoms pulling on the electrons they are sharing. In
this tug-a-war, which one do you think is pulling harder, carbon or fluorine?
(hint: find out their atomic number because that tells you how many protons
they have.)
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| #2. Ionic bonding occurs when
two charged atoms (ions) have opposite charges. Which two atoms to the right
will be attracted to each other? (hint: count protons and electrons) |
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#3. Compounds are often divided into two
categories, "organic" and "inorganic." Remember, organic
is carbon-based and normally came from a living organism. Inorganic is
just the opposite. Name 3 things in the picture that have organic compounds
and 3 things that have inorganic compounds.
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| #4: Nature has an efficient
way to build structures. It starts with small building blocks that build
large building blocks that are then used to building even larger building
blocks. The below optical illusion does the same thing. No, the circles
aren't moving, but they seem to. If your eyes or brain doesn't go buggy,
try to determine the smallest building blocks in this image. And then what
larger building blocks do they make? Then these larger building blocks build
an even larger building block. In other words, did the artist draw each
and every part of this or did he or she make a small building block that
got copied to a larger one, that got copied again? |
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