When metals and nonmetals combined, first there is a complete transfer of charge to form cations and anions to complete their valence shell and increase stability. Then bonds are formed by electrostatic attraction.
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Road users moving into your lane, brake lights, and abrupt changes in road surface are a. rare at night b. indicators of potential hazards c. not worth worrying about before you reach them d. no problem for experienced drivers

Two point charges are separated by a certain distance. how does the strength of the electric field produced by the first charge, at the position of the second charge, change if the second charge is doubled? a. the field does not change b. the field strength decreases by half. c. the field strength doubles d. the field strength quadruples

Aspacecraft that renters the earth’s atmosphere drastically slows down. the amount of kinetic energy the spacecraft has as it reenters the earths atmosphere