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Select the correct option for each of the following questions.
Alkaline earth metals have the same:
Topic: Periodic properties and trends
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Answer
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(a) Number of valence electrons.
Explanation
All Group 2 elements have two valence electrons.
In words
Number of valence electrons.
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