Which statement best explains why carbon bonds to four hydrogen atoms to form methane but to only two oxygen atoms to form carbon dioxide? (1 point)
The carbon in methane has more valence electrons to share than the carbon in carbon dioxide.
Hydrogen shares electrons with carbon, but oxygen transfers its electrons.
The carbon in carbon dioxide is stable, with fewer valence electrons than the carbon in methane.
Hydrogen shares one valence electron with carbon, and oxygen shares two valence electrons.

Astudent is given a sample of a blue copper sulfate hydrate. he weighs the sample in a dry covered porcelain crucible and got a mass of 23.875 g for the crucible, lid, and sample. the mass of the empty crucible and lid was found earlier to be 22.652 g. he then heats the crucible to expel the water of hydration, keeping the crucible at red heat for 10 minutes with the lid slightly ajar. on colling, he finds the mass of crucible, lid, and contents to be 23.403 g. the sample was changed in the process to very light clue anhydrous cuso4. if there are again 100.0 g of hydrate, how many grams of cuso4 are in it? how many moles of cuso4? (hint: molar mass of cuso4 = 159.6 g / mole. what per cent of the hydrate is cuso4? you may convert the mass of cuso4 to moles.)

After watching the video "zinc strip in copper nitrate solution", and reading the instructions, click on the link labeled "start" just below the drawing of the pencil tip. follow the direction to complete the 3x3 grid. answer the below questions for the portion of the activity in which sn(s) is placed in agno3(aq)

Which statement is true about this reaction? 14n+1h 15o it is a practical source of energy on earth. it occurs only outside the solar system. its product is heavier than each of its reactants. it shows the critical mass of an element.