What are the parts of an atom? What does each do? Definitions and (clear but easy to understand) explanations, please? Thx!
1 Answer
Atom is made up of 4 parts, nucleus, protons, electrons and neutrons.
Explanation:
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Protons are positively charged particles and they determine what element the atom is
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Neutrons mainly stabilize the atom and have the same atomic mass as protons,also located near the proton
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Electrons, that is in the most outer part of an atom allow the atoms to bond to each other and take part in chemical reactions
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The Nuclues is the central core of an atom that has all the mass of the atom in it( protons,electrons)
