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If the root word engage means “to connect with something,” what does the word disengage mean in the following sentence? he disengaged the gears by stepping on the clutch pedal.a.added more engine powerb.activated a connection to the pedalc.stalled the engined.released a connection to the pedal

1)each group 16 element has how many valence electrons? ( )4 ( )6 ( )8 ( )16 2)how many dots appear in the dot structure for calcium ion, ca2+? ( )zero ( )one ( )two ( )eight 3) which of the following atoms forms a cation to obtain an octet of outer shell electrons? ( )magnesium ( )oxygen ( )fluorine ( )helium 4) an al3+ ion contains 13 protons and 10 electrons. ( )true ( )false 5) valence and non-valence electrons are represented in lewis dot structures. ( )true ( )false

The chemical bond connecting one nucleotide with the next one along the nucleic acid chain is called a