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Answers and Rationals
Subatomic particle carrying a negative charge - ANSWER: Electron
Number of electrons in the outermost shell of an atom with 15 electrons - ANSWER: 5
Innermost shell of an atom - ANSWER: Holds 2 electrons
Electrically neutral atom with atomic number 8 and mass number 17 has - ANSWER: 8 protons
What predicts the element to which an atom belongs? - ANSWER: Total number of protons
Four most common elements comprising 96% of the body's mass - ANSWER: Oxygen, nitrogen,
hydrogen, carbon
Atom of iron with atomic number 26 - ANSWER: Iron has 26 protons
Atomic number represents the number of - ANSWER: Protons in an atom
Contributes to the calculation of the mass number - ANSWER: Sum of protons and neutrons
Number of protons in an isotope of nitrogen with atomic number 7 and mass number 14 - ANSWER: 7
Carbon-13 - ANSWER: Isotope of carbon with a mass number of 13
Solid blood cells settling out of liquid blood plasma - ANSWER: Blood is a suspension
Atoms that satisfy the octet rule - ANSWER: Inert
Inert atom - ANSWER: Atom with filled valence shell
Atom with 3 electrons in its valence shell - ANSWER: Atomic number of 13
Two or more atoms of the same element that are chemically combined - ANSWER: Molecules
Na+ - ANSWER: Ion
Ionic bonds result from - ANSWER: Transfer of electrons from a metal atom to a nonmetal atom
Strongest bond - ANSWER: Ionic
Structural formula N≡N - ANSWER: Two atoms of nitrogen share three pairs of electrons
Atoms of oxygen share electrons equally - ANSWER: Nonpolar covalent bond
Dipole - ANSWER: Polar molecule
Hydrogen bonds may occur between - ANSWER: Polar molecules
Bond responsible for surface tension of water - ANSWER: Hydrogen bond
NaCl in the chemical reaction NaOH + HCl → NaCl + H2O - ANSWER: Product