Question:
(i) Write the electron-dot structures for sodium, oxygen and magnesium.
(ii) Show the formation of Na2O and MgO by the transfer of electrons.
(iii) What are the ions present in these compounds?
Answer:
(i)

(ii)


(iii) In Na2O, Na+ and O2– ions are present.
In MgO, Mg2+ and O2– ions are present.






.avif)


