Q: What is denoted by the number above the chemical symbol of each element in a modern periodic table?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

In the modern periodic table, each element is represented by its chemical symbol. The number above each symbol is its atomic number. Atomic numbers increase from left to right and from top to bottom in the table.

 Choices:

- metallic number

- atomic weight

- electron count

- atomic number


A:
atomic number