Ionic structure and bonding | Knowledge check | 14–16 years | Resource

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Assess learners’ knowledge and understanding of ionic structure and bonding

A mixture of multiple choice, short answer, long-answer and fill-in-the-gap style questions with marks allocated.

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Knowledge check, for age range 14–16

Choose from a higher or foundation level worksheet to assess learning about ionic structure and bonding. Answers are found in the teacher notes.

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About this resource

These Knowledge check worksheets provide a series of questions to assess learners’ knowledge and understanding of atomic structure at the end of a period of teaching or as revision.

They are available at foundation and higher level and as fully-editable versions so you can adapt them to suit learners’ needs. Use for individual student work in class or at home.

Content includes:

electron configuration
drawing and interpreting dot and cross diagrams
giant ionic structures
electrostatic forces
properties of ionic compounds

Also available to assess this topic

Review my learning worksheets: bonding worksheets available with three levels of scaffolded support to help build confidence in every learner. Additional worksheets to introduce ionic, metallic and covalent bonding are also available. Use before, during or after teaching the bonding topic to understand progress and identify misconceptions.
In context worksheets: ask learners to apply their knowledge of ionic bonding to the context of rubies, helping them develop their skills and prepare for examination, including calculation questions to practise mathematical skills within a genuine chemical context from everyday life.

More resources

Johnstone’s triangle: help students deepen their understanding and move between different conceptual levels of thinking about ionic bonding using Johnstone’s triangle, and our Developing understanding worksheets.
Structure strip: use this scaffolded writing activity, Ionic structure and bonding structure strip, to support learners to retrieve and organise their knowledge.

Find more Knowledge check and In context resources in our collection of Organic chemistry worksheets.