One degree is 1/360 of the way around a circle and therefore 1/360 of the moon's orbit around the earth. 1/360 of one month is on the order of a couple hours.] This page was last updated June 28, 2015. The Earth.
DNA is negatively charged because of the phosphate group that is in each nucleotide. DNA also has a negative charge because of the phosphate icons in its chemical backbone.â¦.
Positively charged ions are called cations and negatively charged ions are called anions. The cation is always named first. Ions can be metals or polyatomic ions. Therefore the name of the metal or positive polyatomic ion is followed by the name of the non-metal or negative polyatomic ion.