A molecule of ethanol has two carbon atoms, six hydrogen atoms, and one oxygen atom. A ball-and-stick model of a molecule of ethanol is made from the following components:

Question

one red ball
two black balls
six white balls
eight sticks

What do the black balls in the model represent?

(1 point)
Responses

carbon atoms

oxygen atoms

bonds between atoms

hydrogen atoms

Answer 1

The black balls in the model represent carbon atoms.

Answer 2

what is the answer

Answer 3

The answer is carbon atoms.