[Intro Chemisty] Positive and negative charges.

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I'm just learning but I can almost SWEAR that this is right, just reassure me?

Screenshot of an online quiz review in a web browser showing answers marked correct or incorrect; question 2 asks for the terms for an element that has lost electrons (answered Cation, marked wrong) and one that has gained electrons (answered Anion, marked wrong).
 

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Question wording is strange (to not use stronger words) for me. Element can't "lost/gain electron(s)", atom can.

I have no idea what it is trying to ask, but if anything, I would agree your answer is correct.
 

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