A population of salamanders live along the edge of a north-s…
A population of salamanders live along the edge of a north-south mountain range. The populations from the east and west slope eventually join in a low northern pass and interbreed, producing fertile offspring, but they do not circle around the southern edge because of a desert barrier. When glaciers move southward, the populations are pushed south of the northern pass and are isolated. While isolated, the two populations develop enough differences over time that when the glaciers retreat north and the salamanders again share the same pass, they no longer mate at the same time, nor can they produce fertile offspring. These salamanders have experienced
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The below image represents an atom of a specific hypothetical element and its own cation. Which image represents the cation? Y represents the cation X represents the cation What supports your choice? Cations are larger than their neutral atom Cations are smaller than their neutral atom Why does this occur? Because cations lose electrons from the outer most shell, the remaining electrons have a stronger attraction to the nucleus and are pulled closer, thereby making the ion small Because cations gain electrons, the incoming electrons will be repelled by the existing electron and therefore the shell will expand to accommodate them.
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The below image represents an atom of a specific hypothetical element and its own cation. Which image represents the cation? M represents the cation L represents the cation What supports your choice? Cations are larger than their neutral atom Cations are smaller than their neutral atom Why does this occur? Because cations lose electrons from the outer most shell, the remaining electrons have a stronger attraction to the nucleus and are pulled closer, thereby making the ion small Because cations gain electrons, the incoming electrons will be repelled by the existing electron and therefore the shell will expand to accommodate them
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