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What relationship between the masses of protons and electrons?

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What relationship between the masses of protons and electrons?

Protons are much more massive than electrons.

Which statement best describes how protons were discovered?

A Cathode Ray Tube revealed a ray of positive particles traveling in the opposite direction of negative electrons.

Which statement(s) are TRUE about protons?

They have a mass over 1800 times greater than the mass of an electron.

They have a positive charge.

Are attracted to negatively charged particles and repelled from positively charged particles.

A neutral atom has 37 electrons. How many protons does the atom have?

Exactly 37 protons.

What happens when an electron is removed from an atom?

a positive charge remains.

An atom can have 2.5 protons, as long as it also has 2.5 electrons.

Protons have much more mass than electrons do.

At the time protons were discovered, it was apparent that they existed in a central nucleus.

The number of protons and electrons in a neutral atom must be equal.

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