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    Chemistry
    Grade-9
    Easy

    Question

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

    1. True
    2. False

    Hint:

    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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