Explain why food chains do not tend to exceed four links.

The atomic radius of sodium is 186 pm and of chlorine is 100 pm. the ionic radius for na+ is 102 pm and for cl– is 181 pm. in going from na to cl in period 3, why does the atomic radius decrease while the ionic radius increases? a. the inner electrons in the sodium cation shield its valence electrons more effectively than the inner electrons in the chloride anion do. b. the inner electrons shield the valence electrons more effectively in the chlorine atom than in the chloride anion. c. the outermost electrons in chloride experience a smaller effective nuclear charge than those in the sodium cation do. d. the outermost electrons in chloride experience a larger effective nuclear charge than those in the sodium cation do. e. monatomic ions are bigger than the atoms from which they are formed.

Kc = 0.040 for the system below at 450oc. if a reaction is initiated with 0.40 mole of cl2 and 0.40 mole of pcl3 in a 2.0 liter container, what is the equilibrium concentration of cl2 in the same system? pcl5(g) ⇄ pcl3(g) + cl2(g)

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. describe what happens to a carbon-11 atom when it undergoes positron emission. the decay of a carbon-11 atom _1_, and this causes it to emit _2_.options for 1: > changes a neutron into a proton> changes a proton into a neutron> is hit with a neutron> reconfigures its protons and neutronsoptions for 2: > a negatively charged electron-sized particle> a positively charged election-sized particle> two atoms and several neutrons> two neutrons and two protons