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?

hydrogen atoms
bonds between atoms
oxygen atoms
carbon atoms

Answer 1

In the ball and stick model of a molecule of ethanol, the black balls represent carbon atoms. Therefore, the correct answer is:

carbon atoms.