Question: What are the subatomic particles of an atom?

You can lower your labpad and use the lithium structure on the holotable to help you.

Answer: protons, neutrons, electrons

Question: Can you create an atom with Atomic Number equal to 2? Click the red submit button once you think you have it correct.

Answer: Put the following onto the holotable:

• 2 protons

• - 2 electrons

• *You can click the red button after only those because it will put on the neutrons for you!

• Question: Can you create an atom with Mass Number of 3 and a neutral charge? Click the red submit button when you think you have it correct.

• Answer: Put the following onto the holotable:

• - 2 protons

• - 2 electrons

• - 1 neutron

• Question: Can you turn the atom you created into a cation? Click the red submit button once you are done.

• Answer: Just take off one electron from the diagram

• Question: What is the atomic number of a neutral atom that has 5 neutrons and 4 electrons?

• Answer: 4

• Question: What is the atomic number of an anion that has 5 neutrons and 4 electrons?

• Answer: less than 4 since an anion should have less protons than electrons

• Question:

• Answer: Mg - Magnesium

• Question: If the atomic number is 12, how many electrons are in one Magnesium atom?

• Answer: 12 electrons

• Question: The second element present in your rock collection, has 25 protons but only 23 electrons. Can you tell what it is, it after consulting the periodic table?

• Answer: It is a cation of iron

• Question: There is an element, Aluminum, in the samples you brought back that can be found at the third row of the Periodic Table. How many neutrons does Aluminum have?

• Answer: 14 neutrons