A negative ion or anion is an electrically charged atom or group of atoms that are formed by gaining one or more electrons. Whereas a positive ion or cation is an electrically charged atom or group of atoms that are formed by losing one or more electrons.
The losing and gaining all occurs on the outermost shell.
<span>nuclear symbol consists of three parts: 1. the symbol of the
element; 2. the atomic number of the element;3. the mass of the element. for
the above problem, the symbol for potassium is k. it's atomic number is 40. the
number of protons is 19. so we denote this in the following nuclear symbol; 40
k 19</span>
Find a fruit you think is the one that contains the most vitamin C.
For example: kiwi
Answer: I hypothesize that kiwi contains the most vitamin C
Then after that you test your hypothesis by comparing fruit that contains vitamin C in an experiment.