1. Why the carbon plastic sphere has 4 holes? (1 point) A. Carbon atom has 3 ele

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1. Why the carbon plastic sphere has 4 holes? (1 point) A. Carbon atom has 3 electron in its outer shell, therefore needing 5 more electrons to complete its outer shell. B. Carbon atom has 3 electrons in its outer shell, therefore needing 4 more electrons to complete its outer shell. C. Carbon atom has 4 electrons in its outer shell, therefore needing 4 more electrons to complete its outer shell. D. Carbon atom has 4 electrons in its outer shell, therefore needing 5 more electrons to complete its outer shell. E. None of the above is correct.

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A carbon atom has four electrons in its outermost orbitals; it usually forms four bonds, as in methane (CH4), in order to fill its outermost orbital with eightelectrons

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