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WAEC 2025

The nucleus of a hydrogen atom consists of

  1. Aone proton only
  2. Bone proton and one neutron
  3. Cone neutron only
  4. Done electron only

Explanation

The ordinary hydrogen atom (protium) has an atomic number of 1 and a mass number of 1. Its nucleus contains only one proton and no neutrons.

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