5. Although both sugar and salt are soluble in water, the way in which they dissolve is not the same . How is their dissolving process different? Explain why these differences exist.

since the atomic number is the number of protons in the nucleus, as we move to the left on the periodic table, the electrostatic pull between the nucleus and the valence electron shell decreases. as we move down a group (vertical column), the valence shell energy level gets further and further from the nucleus.