Question

The element Oxygen, O, is an example of which of the following

Question 8 options:

compound


molecule


atom


mixture

AND THE ANSWER IS NOT MOLECULE

BUT PLEASE HELP

Answer 1

If it is just O it is an atom

However Oxygen is never just O it is written as O2 because it is a diatomic molecule.

Answer 2

Answer is: The element oxygen is an atom.

Oxygen atom has atomic number 8, it means it has eight protons and eight electrons, so atom has neutral charge. Oxygen is a nonmetal.

Electron configuration of oxygen atom: ₈O 1s² 2s² 2p⁴.

Oxygen atom has six valence electrons, so it is in 16 group of Periodic table of elements.