Identify each statement as true or false: (a) Ionization energiesare always negative quantities. (b) Oxygen has a larger firstionization energy than fluorine. (c) The second ionizationenergy of an atom is always greater than its first ionizationenergy. (d) The third ionization energy is the energy neededto ionize three electrons from a neutral atom.

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Identify each statement as true or false: (a) Ionization energies
are always negative quantities. (b) Oxygen has a larger first
ionization energy than fluorine. (c) The second ionizationenergy of an atom is always greater than its first ionization
energy. (d) The third ionization energy is the energy needed
to ionize three electrons from a neutral atom.

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