Which statement best explains why protons are used
to identify an element?

Every atom of an element will have the same number of protons

Explanation:

Protons are used to identify an element because every atom of an element will have the same number of protons.

Protons are the positively charged particles found in an atom. They are called the atomic numberEvery atom of an element has the same number of protons. An element can have different atom in form of isotopes. These isotopes are only identifiable by the number of protons they have.

That result from subduction of oceanic plates beneath lighter continental plates. most of the earth's volcanoes are located around the pacific ring of fire because that the location of most of the earth's subduction zones.

The  grandmother cell  is a hypothetical  neuronthat represents a complex but specific concept or object.[1]  it activates when a person "sees, hears, or otherwise sensibly discriminates"[2]  a specific entity, such as his or her grandmother. the term was in use at least as early as 1966 amongst staff and students in the department of experimental psychology, university of cambridge, england. a similar concept, that of the  gnostic neuron, was proposed two years later