Which of the following spheres is likely to represent a metal atom and which a nonmetal atom? Which sphere in the products represents a cation and which an anion?

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Hey everyone we're asked referred to the illustration below, identify the sphere that depicts a metal atom and the sphere that depicts a non metal atom. Among the products, identify the spheres that depict a caddy on and the sphere that depicts an an ion. We've learned that a medal that tends to lose electrons forms a cat A on while a nonmetal tends to gain electrons forms and an ion. So for a cat ian, this will have less electrons than our parent adam. In comparison to an an ion, this will have more electrons than the parent adam. So why is this important? This is important because this will tell us which of these fears is going to be the an ion and the cat eon. So since Acadian will have less electrons than the parent atom, this will have the smaller radius. Looking at our spheres. This means that the green sphere is going to be our caddy on And this is also going to be our medal in comparison to an an ion since it has more electrons than the parent atom, This will have a larger radius. And comparing our spheres, we can see that the red sphere has a larger radius. So this is our an ion and the red sphere is also going to be our non metal and this is going to be our final answers. Now, I hope that made sense. And let us know if you have any questions