Chemistry
Grade-9
Easy

Question

Metals tend to:

  1. Gain electrons
  2. Lose electrons
  3. Cation 
  4. Anion

hintHint:

Metals are electropositive in nature.

The correct answer is: Lose electrons


    • Metals are present at the extreme left of the periodic table generally.
    • Metals are electropositive in nature.
    • They lose electrons to attain nearby noble gas configurations.
    • Metals tend to lose electrons.

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