n your own words, free of plagiarism, answer each of the following questions in a couple of sentences. Please type your answers. - There are 8 protons in the nucleus of an oxygen atom. How many neutrons are there in oxygen 16, oxygen 17, and oxygen 18, respectively? - Impact craters cover the surface of large parts of other terrestrial bodies in the solar system such as Mars and the Moon. Why don't we see many covering Earth's surface? - Given scientists' current understanding of the formation of the Moon, how might the composition of the Moon compare to that of the Earth?

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In your own words, free of plagiarism, answer each of the following questions in a couple of sentences. Please type your answers.

- There are 8 protons in the nucleus of an oxygen atom. How many neutrons are there in oxygen 16, oxygen 17, and oxygen 18, respectively?

- Impact craters cover the surface of large parts of other terrestrial bodies in the solar system such as Mars and the Moon. Why don't we see many covering Earth's surface?

- Given scientists' current understanding of the formation of the Moon, how might the composition of the Moon compare to that of the Earth?

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            oxygen16= 16-8=8

            oxygen17= 17-8=9

            oxygen18= 18-8=10

 

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