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Biologists
________ study life, yet organisms and their environs are natural systems to which chemistry and physics ideas apply.
Physicists
________ have created more than 100 types of particles from the atom via high- energy collisions, but only three types of particles are important here: neutrons, protons, and electrons.
Table salt
________, for example, is sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical formed in a 1: 1 ratio of the elements sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl)
academic classes
Nature, unlike ________, is not cleanly divided into distinct sciences- biology, chemistry, physics, and so on.
Arsenic
________ occurs naturally in various parts of the world and can enter groundwater.
Electrons
________ and protons are both electrically charged.
formic acid
For many ant species, the ________ is presumably used as a disinfectant to protect the ants from microbial parasites rather than being fired out.
Biology
________ is an interdisciplinary field.
seafood
Consuming ________ or iodized salt lowers the risk of goiter.
Wood ants
________ live in colonies of hundreds or thousands, and the colony as a whole possesses a very efficient defense mechanism.
Protons
________ and neutrons are densely packed together in a compact core, or atomic nucleus, in the heart of an atom; ________ provide the nucleus with positivity.
metal sodium
As the ________ interacts with the toxic gas chlorine to produce the edible compound sodium chloride or table salt, the emerging characteristics of the combination can be discovered.
Elements
________ are the building blocks of matter.
tiny pieces of matter
Although the atom is the smallest unit with elemental characteristics, these ________ are made up of even smaller components known as subatomic particles.
element
A(n) ________ is a material that can not be broken down chemically into other compounds.
Formic acid
________ is generated by numerous ant species and derives its name from the Latin word for ant, Formica.
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