The grid given below represents part of the periodic table. Study it and answer the questions that follow. Letters do not represent the actual symbols...

The grid given below represents part of the periodic table. Study it and answer the questions that follow. Letters do not represent the actual symbols of the elements.


(i) What name is given to the group of elements to which C and F belong?
(ii) Which letter represents the element that is the least reactive?
(iii) What type of bond is formed when B and E react? Explain.
(iv) Write the formula of the compound formed when D and oxygen gas reacts.
(v) On the grid, indicate the position of element G which is in the third period of the periodic table and forms

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(i) Alkaline earth metals.
(ii) A
(iii) Covalent – They form bond by sharing electrons.
(iv) D₂O₃/Al₂O₃.
(v) On diagram, period 3 group 5.

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