How do nonmetals conduct electricity? well . by giving up electrons . poorly . better than metals.

Usually poorly, especially at room temperature for most of them. The gases do not conduct. Some that are marginally non metals (silicon germanium and graphite) conduct passably well but do not conduct as well as copper or silver.

Non metals do not have easily freed electrons and that is why they do not conduct electricity.

the dependant variable is spilled water

the independent is the heat

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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