Chemistry 0620 · IGCSE · Ions and ionic bonds

Ions and ionic bonds — practice question

Magnesium combines with oxygen to make magnesium oxide. During this reaction, what happens to the magnesium atoms and the oxygen atoms?

  • AMagnesium and oxygen share two electrons.
  • BMagnesium gains two electrons and oxygen loses two electrons.
  • CMagnesium loses one electron and oxygen gains one electron.
  • DMagnesium loses two electrons and oxygen gains two electrons.

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