Why is it harder to remove an inner shell electron than a valence electron from an atom?

This line graph compares the growth of plants that were kept in the sun for different amounts of time.a)  on day 7, the plants kept in the sun for 3 hours were how tall? b)  on day 7, the plants kept in the sun for 6 hours were how tall? c)    on day 10, the plants kept in the sun for 9 hours were how tall? d)  on day 11, the plant that was grown with 1 hour of sunlight was how tall? e)  based on the graph, the plant grows best in what amount of sunlight?

There are main groups in the modern periodic table of elements

The following questions a24 - a26 relate to 100 ml of 0.0150 m solution of benzoic acid (c6h3cooh). ka(c6h3cooh) = 6.4 x 10^-5. what is the ph of the solution after the addition of 1 x 10^-3 moles of naoh? you may assume no volume change to the solution upon addition of the naoh.