An atom of argon contains 18 electrons. Describe how these electrons would be arranged. You may find it helpful to draw a diagram.
Argon is a gas at 20°C (room temperature). Predict which state neon is at this temperature and give a
reason for your answer.

a. The electrons are configured in a 2-8-8 order with 8 valence electrons. There are three full shells.

b. Because Argon and Neon are in the same group, they have very similar properties, so we can guess they would be in the same state. Neon would be a gas.

you are certainly talking about this picture:

a: is the label of the white square, it is showing the  replication fork, formed by helicase (d) ==> so it is the site of dna separation and replication 

b: is a new dna brand that is following directly the replication fork, so it is continuous ==> built continuously from 5' to 3

c: dna polymerase cannot replicate dna on its own, it needs the of their proteins, and one of them plays the role of a clamp which fixes  the dna with the dna template and increases  the processivity of the enzyme. ==>   stops polymerase from falling off the  template.

d: is the enzyme responsible for forming the replication fork (helicase) ==> unwinds and separates dna into two strands

e: is the delayed strand, it is built  in the opposite sense of the helicase, so dna will be built in fragments ==> built  fragments from 5' to 3 joins

and finally f: is the enzyme that builds  the new dna strand (dna polymerase) ==>   adds nucleotides to make a new dna helix.

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