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An atom of the element ____________has an average atomic mass of about 16 amu.

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The answer is oxygen, because it has an atomic mass of ~16 amu.

When you have a question like this, the easiest thing to do is just pull up a picture of the periodic table!

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The answer is oxygen because the atomic mass (amu) of oxygen is 15.999
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