I don’t know what the “cheater” way is, however you can easily judge how many valence electrons an element has by looking at its group number on the periodic table.
Bonding in chemistry is completely and totally due to electrons. Every element wants 8 electrons in its outer shell in order to be stable. This is what we call the “Octet Rule”.
Answer:
Exothermic reaction
Explanation:
Since in an exothermic reaction heat is released, the products will be more stable than the reactants.
Explanation:
Medieval number one. There you havt it.
Answer:
The force that keeps the planets in orbit is gravity.