Ions are formed when there is an imbalance in the number of ____ and____ in an atom. This occurs when an atom ____or ____ electrons in order to take on the same electron arrangement as its nearest ____ ____. Ionic compounds are made up of ____. Forming ions is one of the ways in which atoms can join to each other. Metal atoms ____ electrons to form ____ charged ions. Non-metal atoms ____electrons to form ____ charged ions. In ionic compounds bonds are formed when electrons are ____ between the metal and non-metal atoms. In ionic compounds the bond is the force of ____ between the ____ charged ____i.e. the positively charged ____ ions are attracted to the negatively charged ____ ions. Because of this attraction, ionic compounds form a ____ structure (a repeating pattern of ____) containing millions of ions.

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