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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What makes up living things? | chemical compounds |
| What are the three subatomic particles? | protons, neutrons, and electrons |
| What are their charges | positive, neutral, and negative |
| What are all three of their mass numbers? | 1 amu, 1 amu, and insignificant |
| What are radioactive isotopes? | atoms unstable nucleus breaks down at comstant rate over time. |
| What is the transfer of electrons that change to neutral atoms? | charged ions |
| How do atoms gain or loose electrons? | positive ions loose electrons and negative ions gain electrons. |
| What is the reason for the gaining of electrons in the Ionic bond? | attraction bgetween oppositely charged ions. |
| What is a sharred pair? | when two atoms each share an electron |
| What is a double bond? | two pairs of electrons are sharred in two atoms. |
| What creates regions of the molecule that have a slight positive or negative charge? | unequal sharring |