the double helix is hydrogen bonded through the bases only so the bases are inside the helix only
as adenine combines with thymine and guanine with cytosine
phosphate are in the exterior of it
sugar groups constitute the double helix.
Answer:
A. Mafic; iron and/or magnesium
Explanation:
Let's find the answer by naming some minerals and their chemistry.
Mafic minerals are dark-colored whereas felsic minerals are light-colored, thats way mafic rocks are dark-colored because they are mainly composed by mafic minerals and the other way around for felsic rocks.
But remember that mafic minerals as amphiboles, pyroxenes or biotites, involve in their chemical structure iron and/or magnesium. Although calcium and sodium can be incorporated in amphiboles and clinopyroxenes, they are not involved in orthopyroxenes and biotites. On the other hand, although potassium is involved in biotite and in some extent in amphiboles, this element is not involved in pyroxenes.
So in conclusion, mafic minerals are usually dark-colored because they involve iron and/or magnesium in their chemical structures.
The atomic structure of an atom is well explained experimentally by different experiments like Rutherford's experiment etc
Based on these experiments it was determined that the atoms contains a central part known as nucleus which contains the positively charged sub atomic particles protons and neutral sub atomic particles neutron.
There is empty space around the nucleus in which negatively charged subatomic particles are found known as electrons.
So answers are
a) protons
b) neutrons
c) electrons
