Which statement is true about elements in a period on the periodic table?

they have different properties that repeat across the next period.

they have different properties that show no pattern.

they have similar names.

they have similar properties.

They have different properties that repeat across the next period

Explanation:

Elements are distributed in groups and periods in a periodic table.

Elements in period are arranged in order of increasing atomic numbers, thus have different valence electrons and thus have different properties.

Elements that belong to same groups will show similar chemical properties because they have same number of valence electrons.

Thus as the elements are arranged such that the elements with similar chemical properties occur after a regular interval, it is true that the elements in the period have different properties that repeat across the next period.

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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each chemical family is represented as a group or column on the periodic table. based on chemical properties, there are 6 types of chemical families. group 1 represents alkali metals, group 2 represents alkaline earth metals, groups 3 to 12 represent transition metals, groups 13 to 16 represent non-metals and other metals, group 17 represents halogens and group 18 represents noble gases.