Question

2. When lithium reacts with bromine to form the compound LiBr,each lithium atom1) gains one electron and becomes a negatively charged ion2) gains three electrons and becomes a negatively charged ion3) loses one electron and becomes a positively charged ion4) loses three electrons and becomes a positively charged ion

Answer 1

3) Each lithium atom will lose one electron and become positively charged.

This is an example of ionic bonding wherein an electron is transferred from one atom to another. As each atom wants to have complete outer shells (with lithium's having one electron and bromine's having seven) the electron will move from the Lithium to the Bromine. Lithium will become positive as electrons are negatively charged and it has one less electron than it originally had.