Elements in the same group/family of the periodic table are similar in what way?

A)
They are all metals

B)
They are all nonmetals

C)
They have a full outer shell of electrons.

D)
They have the same number of valence electrons.

Afixed electric space heater wired by a cable with an ampacity of 30 a should draw a maximum current of a. 30 a. b. 24 a. c. 15 a. d. 27 a.

Suppose that a comet that was seen in 563 a.d. by chinese astronomers was spotted again in year 1951. assume the time between observations is the period of the comet and take its eccentricity as 0.986. what are (a) the semimajor axis of the comet's orbit and (b) its greatest distance from the sun?

An ideal polarizer with its transmission axis rotated 30 degrees to the vertical is placed in a beam of unpolarized light of intensity 10w/m^2. after passing through the polarizer, what is the intensity of the beam? a. 8.7 w/m^2 b. 7.5 w/m^2 c. 5.0 w/m^2 d. 10 w/m^2 e. 2.5 w/m^2