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Chapter 4 Chemistry 1. What Are The Most Common Elements in Most Living Things?
Chapter 4 Chemistry 1. What Are The Most Common Elements in Most Living Things?
Chapter 4 Chemistry 1. What Are The Most Common Elements in Most Living Things?
a.
2. What is the nucleus made up of?
a. An atoms protons and neutrons tightly packed together
b.
3. What are radioactive isotopes?
a. An isotope in which the nucleus decays (breaks down) over
tie, giving off radiation in the form of matter and energy.
4. What is an ion? How do atoms become ions?
a. Atoms (or groups of atoms) that have become electrically
charged as a result of gaining or losing electrons.
b.
c.
i. They become positive or negative when they loose
an electron.