Relative electrical charges

• • Atoms are neutral overall
  • Even though they contain charged subatomic particles, the charges cancel each other out in an atom
• • Since the charge on a proton is +1 and on an electron is -1, then the number of protons must be the same as the number of electrons for the charges to cancel each other out and produce a neutral atom
• Nuclear model describing atoms


  You should be able to use this model to describe atoms