Question

Students are completing a table about a particular subatomic particle that helps make up an atom.

A 3-column table with 2 rows. The first row has entries Mass (a m u), location, charge. The second row has entries 1/2,000, nothing, has a charge.

What best explains how they should complete the table?

with “Inside the nucleus,” because the particle is a proton
with “Inside the nucleus,” because the particle is a neutron
with “Outside of the nucleus,” because the particle is a proton
with “Outside of the nucleus,” because the particle is an electron

Answer 1

The correct answer is:

with “Inside the nucleus,” because the particle is a neutron