What best explains why sodium is more likely to react with another element than an element such as neon? Sodium has one fewer proton than neon.
Sodium has one more neutron than neon.
Sodium has one fewer electron than neon.
Sodium has one more electron than neon.

The characteristic of two different types of reactions are shown below. reaction a: electrons are gained by the atoms of an element. reaction b: protons are lost by the atom of and element. which statement is true about the atoms of the elements that participate in the two reactions? a: their identity changes in both reaction a and b. b: their identity changes in reaction a but not b. c: their identity changes in reaction b but not a. d: their identity remains the same.

Describe what happens to the molecules as water goes from ice to liquid to vapor. be sure to explain what happens to the temperature during the phase changes.

Which of these features are formed when hot groundwater is forced out through cracks in the earth's surface?