2. What is the purpose of subscripts? 3. What is the difference between monatomic and polyatomic ions?
4. How do the names of monatomic anions end?
5. When are Roman numerals used in cation names ?

2. Chemical formulas are used to describe the types of atoms and their numbers in an element or compound. The atoms of each element are represented by one or two different letters. When more than one atom of a specific element is found in a molecule, a subscript is used to indicate this in the chemical formula.

3. The main difference between monatomic and polyatomic ions is that monatomic ions are composed of single atoms whereas polyatomic ions are composed of two or more atoms per ion.

4. These are nonmetal elements which have accepted extra electrons. These ions are relatively few in number and are listed below. Monatomic anions are named by taking the root of the element name and applying an -ide ending. Other important simple anions.

5. This is indicated by assigning a Roman numeral after the metal. The Roman numeral denotes the charge and the oxidation state of the transition metal ion. For example, iron can form two common ions, Fe2+ and Fe3+. To distinguish the difference, Fe2+ would be named iron (II) and Fe3+ would be named iron (III).