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If you are looking at a nitrogen atom by itself it will have 5 electrons (dots) surrounding it. The number of dots corresponds to an atom's location on the Periodic Table.

Starting from left to right (excluding transition metals) you increase 1 electron per column. So, looking at the 3rd row, sodium (Na) will have 1 dot, magnesium 2, aluminum 3, silicon 4, etc.

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