Question

Sodium chloride (NaCl) is made from ___ of sodium (Na) and ___ of chlorine (Cl).

Blanks: One Atom and Two Atom

Answer 1

The correct answer is one atom for each space

Answer 2

one atom, one atom.

Step-by-step explanation:

Sodium chloride is made from one sodium atom and one chlorine atom.

Sodium has a charge of +1, Chlorine has a charge of -1. These cancel each other out leaving only one atom for both sodium and chlorine.