Question

Drag the tiles to the correct boxes to complete the pairs.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Phosphorus and oxygen atoms are considered as non-metals and two non-metals usually form covalent bonds.

A covalent bond is formed when sharing of electrons takes place between the atoms forming a bond.

The nomenclature of a covalent compound is given by:

1. The less electronegative element is written first.
2. The more electronegative element is written then, and a suffix is added with it. The suffix added is '-ide'.
3. If atoms of an element is greater than 1, then prefixes are added which are 'mono' for 1 atom, 'di' for 2 atoms, 'tri' for 3 atoms and so on..

From the two atoms, less electronegative atom is phosphorus and thus, is written first.

Naming of the given compound are as follows:

1. $P_4O_7$ = The name given to this compound is tetraphosphorus heptoxide

2. $P_2O_5$ = The name given to this compound is diphosphorus pentoxide

3. $P_2O_4$ = The name given to this compound is diphosphorus tetroxide

4. $PO$ = The name given to this compound is phosphorus monoxide