Which of the following statements are not scientific hypotheses? •Santa Claus exists.

The growth of corn in lowa depends on the amount of rain that falls.

•Theft is immoral.

•The bark of a specific tree is poisonous to mice

radioactive decay occurs in unstable atomic nuclei – that is, ones that don't have enough binding energy to hold

the nucleus together due to an excess of either protons or neutrons.

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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