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What keeps electrons from flying off on their own?
What keeps electrons from flying off on their own?
- They are attracted towards the nucleus (correct)
- They have a net negative charge
- They have a net positive charge
- They have a neutral charge
What is the basis of chemistry?
What is the basis of chemistry?
- How many neutrons an atom has and how they are configured
- How many protons an atom has and how they are configured
- How many electrons an atom has and how they are configured (correct)
- The size of the atom
What happens when an electron is taken away from an atom?
What happens when an electron is taken away from an atom?
- The atom becomes negatively charged
- The atom becomes neutral
- The atom becomes positively charged (correct)
- The atom becomes unstable
What determines how an atom could react with another atom of the same element or with an atom of a different element?
What determines how an atom could react with another atom of the same element or with an atom of a different element?
What happens when an electron is swiped away from a carbon atom?
What happens when an electron is swiped away from a carbon atom?