Chapter 2: Q2.2-1CC. (page 36)
A lithium atom has 3 protons and 4 neutrons. What is its mass number?
Short Answer
Lithium has a mass number of 7. This is derived by adding the atom's protons and neutrons.
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Chapter 2: Q2.2-1CC. (page 36)
A lithium atom has 3 protons and 4 neutrons. What is its mass number?
Lithium has a mass number of 7. This is derived by adding the atom's protons and neutrons.
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In the term trace element, the adjective trace means that
(A) the element is required in very small amounts.
(B) the element can be used as a label to trace atoms through an organism鈥檚 metabolism.
(C) the element is very rare on Earth.
(D) the element enhances health but is not essential for the organism鈥檚 long-term survival.
A nitrogen atom has 7 protons, and the most common isotope of nitrogen has 7 neutrons. A radioactive isotope of nitrogen has 8 neutrons. Write the atomic number and mass number of this radioactive nitrogen as a chemical symbol with a subscript and superscript.
In Figure 2.7, if two or more elements are in the same row, what do they have in common? If two or more elements are in the same column, what do they have in common?
While waiting at an airport, Neil Campbell once overhead this claim: it鈥檚 paranoid and ignorant to worry about industry or agriculture contaminating the environment with their chemical wastes. After all, this stuff is just made of the same atoms that were already present in our environment.鈥 Drawing on your knowledge of electron distribution, bonding and emergent properties (see Concept 1.1), write a short essay(100-150 words) countering this argument.
We can represent atoms by listing the number of protons, neutrons, and electrons-;for example, 2p+, 2n0, 2e-for helium. Which of the following represents the 18O isotope of oxygen?
(A) 7p+,2n0, 9e-
(B) 8p+,10n0, 8e-
(C) 9p+,9n0, 9e-
(D) 10p+,8n0, 9e-
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