3 Question Blog #3 ( September 29, 2017)

Over the last two weeks the tasks we've completed were our chapter one test, an isotopic abundance PHET, and a mixture separation lab. I've recently learned that isotopes are atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons. They have different atomic weights and isotopes are different forms of a single element. To improve my understanding and reinforce my learning for the next two weeks I will study more efficiently for test number two and actually use what I learned and apply myself to the material.

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