true or false?

Question

an atom that loses electrons has a negative charge

Answer 1

False.

Atoms are neutral; they have the same number of positive protons and negative electrons and hence the charges cancel.

If an atom loses an electron to become a cation, there is one more positive charge which is not being cancelled.

Hence, cations are positively charged

Answer 2

False - it seems counterintuitive but losing an electron gives an atom a positive charge. This is because electrons are negatively-charged so losing one means the atom has more positive charges (from protons) than negative ones.

Ex: Li has 3 protons and 3 electrons which makes it neutral (no charge). The Li ion has lost one electron, leaving it with 2 electron but still has 3 protons. The extra proton gives it a plus one charge.

Answer 3

False, when an atom loses electrons it has a positive charge because electrons have negative charges.

Answer 4

False.

An atom is uncharged because it has an equal number of (positively-charged) protons in the nucleus and (negatively-charged) electrons around it.

If it loses electrons, there will be more positive charges than negative ones, so overall it will have a positive charge.

Answer 5

An electron has a negative charge. And atoms start with zero charge (at least, most of them do)

So if your start with 0, and lose a negative amount ....

Answer 6

False. If you lose electrons, you now have too many protons, so you have a positive charge.

Answer 7

False, it has a positive charge.

Answer 8

false. it'll become a cation i.e. have a positive charge.

electrons are negatively charged, so if you lose them, you;ll become more positive.

Answer 9

false

Answer 10

FALSE