Question

1 point

Look at the model below - the red spheres represent protons, the gray
represent neutrons, and the blue represent electrons. Does this model
represent an atom or an ion? Explain in a sentence how you know."

Answer 1

The answer to your question is given below.

Step-by-step explanation:

From the question given above, the following data were obtained:

Proton number = 4

Neutron number = 5

Electron number = 2

From the question given above, we can see that the number of proton and electron are different. Hence the model represent an ion.

Further more, we shall determine the charge to show that the model represent an ion.

This can be obtained as follow:

Proton number = 4

Electron number = 2

Charge =..?

Charge = Proton – Electron

Charge = 4 – 2

Charge = +2

From the above illustrations, we can see that the model above has a charge of +2. This simply implies that the model given above represents an ion.