“Bonding molecular orbitals are formed by... in-phase combinations of atomic wave functions, and electrons in these orbitals stabilize a molecule.”
The atomic number of Be is 4, and so it has 2 shells. There are valence electrons in the second, which is the outermost, shell of Be. To get the element with one more shell, there would be 3 shells on the new element, and 1 less valence electron, so the new element should have 1 valence electron. Sodium is the element with 3 shells, and one valence electron which fits perfectly into the description.
It reduces the chance of an extinction given a natural disaster. If there is more diversity and lets say a wildfire happens, more species would survive the event to repopulate the area
I think the correct answer would be D. The reaction that involves an acid and a covalent base would be the reaction of sulfuric acid and water or H2SO4 + 2H2O → 2H3O+ + SO42– . The acid would be H2SO4 and the covalent base would be H2O since it is being held by covalent bonds and when in solution it will have equal amounts of OH- and H+ ions.
