Adolfo drank some red punch and grimaced at the flavor. His little brother had made the pitcher of punch with too much sugar. Wh
at allowed Adolfo’s brain to register the extra-sugary flavor of the punch? A. smelling the scent of the punch
B. transduction occurring from the taste buds
C. the chemical process of saliva interacting with sugar molecules
D. anticipating the flavor of a non-sugary drink
Chlorine belongs to the halogen group in the periodic table. It has an atomic number of 17, which indicates the number of protons and electrons in a neutral atom of chlorine is 17.
Therefore; with an atomic number of 17, its electronic configuration will be 2:8:7.
Thus; to attain a stable configuration chlorine requires to gain one electron, by so doing it becomes a negatively charged ion with a charge of -1.
