Chemistry
Grade-9
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Question

Alkaline earth metals are fairly reactive metals because they only have 2 valence electrons.

  1. True
  2. False

hintHint:

They are reactive.

The correct answer is 'True'.


    • Group 2 elements are called alkali earth metals.
    • They have 2 electrons in their valence shell.
    • They are quite reactive in nature.

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