Help your students become familiar with naming ionic and covalent compounds with this free chemical compounds worksheet. This is a great way to help students practice recognising the formulas of ionic compounds, covalent compounds and polyatomic ions.

For these practice problems, students will be provided with chemical formulas and will have to determine the names of compounds to solve the crossword puzzle. This ionic and covalent compounds worksheet includes some examples with transition metals (and roman numeral) and polyatomic ions.

The following compounds are included:  hydrogen monoiodide, ammonium sulfate, silver bromide, ammonium oxide, lithium acetate, dinitrogen trioxide, carbon monoxide, phosphorus triiodide.

Notes:

• Students may need a periodic table to help them complete it.
• Worksheet in pdf format.
• Includes teacher answer key.
• Suitable for high school chemistry students.

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