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Use the following periodic table to help you. Calcium and bromine have formed a bond. Leading up to this, calcium gave up electrons. It was a(n) ____. negative ion shared ion positive ion neutral atom

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In order to form ionic bonds (bonds of metals and non metals together), the metal atom must give up electrons to the non-metal and turns into a ion (cation specifically).

Since calcium is a metal, when it forms ionic bond with bromine, a non-metal, calcium atoms must give up electrons. As you may know, each electron carries a negative charge. Therefore, when a atom loses negative charged electrons, they become positive, due to the remaining protons are more than electrons (protons carry positive charge).

Therefore, the answer is a positive ion.
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positive ion

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