All elements that share a column in the periodic table must have * the same number of electrons. similar appearances .similar chemical properties , orthe same number of protons

Riodic table of the elements: organized array  of the chemical elements  in order of increasing atomicnumber. when the  chemical elements  are thus arranged, there is a recurring pattern called the “periodic law” in their  properties, in which  elements  in the  same column  (group)  have similar properties. 

Cbecause it is the only one describing a habitat