Throughout this activity you have developed a process for naming an ionic compound when given a formula. On a separate sheet of paper, create a flowchart of questions that you might ask yourself when naming an ionic compound.

Molecules of sugar are attracted to each other and form crystals. if you place sugar in water, the crystals break apart, but the molecules remain the same kind of sugar. what can you infer about the bonds between atoms in a sugar molecule compared with the forces that attract sugar molecules to each other?