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Chemical Compounds Match Up
The electrolysis of water separates it into a definite ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen atoms within water molecules. We
represent this ratio with the chemical formula H2O. Practice identifying the chemical formula and ratio of elements for the
chemical compounds shown below. Copy and match answers from page 2 into the light blue box within the row of the
model it describes.

Key:
Note: The first one is done for you. Use the answers in the Answer Bank to describe the models.

COMPOUND MODEL CHEMICAL FORMULA RATIO of ELEMENTS

H2O 2 Hydrogen : 1 Oxygen

Molecule Images from PhET Interactive Simulations, University of Colorado Boulder, https://phet.colorado.edu

Chemical Compounds Match Up Answer Bank

Copy and match
these chemical
HCl NH3 C2H4 CH4
formulas to the
models.

NaF CO2 CS2 Al2O3 MgCl2

1 Hydrogen : 1 Chlorine 2 Aluminum : 3 Oxygen

Copy and match these ratios

of elements to the models on 1 Carbon : 4 Hydrogen 1 Sodium : 1 Fluorine
page 1.

1 Carbon : 2 Sulfur 2 Carbon : 4 Hydrogen

1 Magnesium : 2 Chlorine 1 Carbon : 2 Oxygen 1 Nitrogen : 3 Hydrogen