If yellow spheres represent sulfur atoms and red spheres

represent oxygen atoms, which of the following

drawings shows a collection of sulfur dioxide
molecules? Which drawing represents a mixture?
2.25
Assume that the mixture of substances in drawing (a) undergoes a
reaction. Which of the drawings (b)(d) represents a product
mixture consistent with the law of mass conservation?
2.26
If red and blue spheres represent atoms of different elements,
which two of the following drawings illustrate the law of
multiple proportions?
2.27
Give molecular formulas
corresponding to each of the
following ball-and-stick
molecular representations
(red = O, gray = C, blue = N,
ivory = H). In writing the
formula, list the atoms in
alphabetical order.
2.28
Which of the following drawings represents an Na
atom? A Ca
2+
ion? An F

ion?
2.29
Indicate where in the periodic table the following elements are found:
(a) Elements that commonly form anions
(b) Elements that commonly form cations
(c) Elements that commonly form covalent bonds
2.30
In the following drawings, red spheres represent cations
and blue spheres represent anions. Match each of the
drawings (a)(d) with the following ionic compounds:
(a) Ca
3
(PO
4
)
2
(b) LiCO
3

(c) FeCl
2
(d) MgSO
4

2.31