A student creates a ball-and-stick model to represent the atomic scale of a substance. Which of the following best describes the

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A student creates a ball-and-stick model to represent the atomic scale of a substance. Which of the following best describes the

model?
A. 1 molecule with 10 atoms
B. 1 element with 10 molecules
C. 10 molecules representing 10 elements
D. 10 elements representing 10 molecules

Chemistry

2 answers:

laila [671] · Answer 1 · 2022-04-09T15:15:35+03:00

Answer is: A. 1 molecule with 10 atoms.
Every ball represent one atom in one molecule.
The ball and stick model is a molecular model of a chemical substance that shows the three-dimensional position of the atoms and the bonds between them. The atoms have spherical shape and they are connected with sticks (one, two or three, depends on bonds).

vichka [17] · Answer 2 · 2022-04-09T16:59:26+03:00

Answer:

Option A. 1 molecule with 10 atoms

Explanation:

Each ball in the diagram represents an atom and the stick represents a bond.

A careful look at the diagram of the student's model reveals that the student's model contains 10 balls which represents 10 atoms. This means that a molecule of the student ball-and-stick model contains 10 atoms.