Capture all of the smoke and weight it. it will weigh exactly the same before and after you burn it but will just be CO2 and H2O gas.
Atoms are (stable) if it has (valence) electrons in its outer most energy level.
Answer: Rod X.
Explanation:
Ok, the electricity starts in the top left part. First, it must travel in the X rod, then it keeps traveling until it reaches the parallel path, and it can go to the Z rod, to the Y rod, or to both of them, and then it reaches the bulb (the circle with a X inside of it).
We know that two rods are conductors of electricity.
Now, suppose the case where rods Z and Y are the ones that conduct electricity, this means that X does not conduct electricity, then when the current reaches to X it stops (because X does not conduct) then the electricity never reaches the rods Z and Y, and then the electricity never reaches the bulb, but we know that the bulb lights up, so we must have that X is one of the conducting rods.
Then, if for example, Y does not conduct electricity, the electricity still can run through the Z rod and eventually reach the bulb.
So we can conclude that the rod that is definitely a conductor of electricity is rod X
I believe the answer is B. PO4-3
