1. Which one of the following is not a step used for balancing chemical equations? A. Always change subscripts to balance an equation B. Write the chemical equation using formulas and symbols C. Count the atoms in each substance in the reactants and products D. Choose coefficients that will balance the equation

What is a scientific theory? a. a scientist's guess about how something works b. the results of an experiment obtained using the scientific method c. a proven fact that will never change d. an idea that is backed by data from many sources

The earth's moon is unusually large. two popular theories of the moon's origin include the "sister world" hypothesis, which states that the moon formed from the same materials as the earth, near enough to the earth that they fell into orbit around each other. a second theory is the "capture" hypothesis, in which the moon formed elsewhere in the solar system, and the earth's gravity pulled it into its orbit. studies of what the moon is made of indicate that some of its materials had to come from the earth or from the same area of the solar system where the earth had formed. at the same time, the moon does not contain much of the material that makes up the earth's core, so the moon could not have formed from the same materials as the earth. how do the two facts above affect the described theories of the moon's origin? a. they show that scientists will never agree on where the moon came from. b. they show that more experiments on moon formation need to be done. c. they show that no theory accounts for the existence of the moon. d. they show that neither theory is complete and entirely correct.

The difference between the atomic number of an element and the element’s atomic mass is the number of ions.