Question

A section of the periodic table is shown below:


Which of the following statements is true?

Neon is inert because its outermost shell is complete.
Nitrogen is inert because its outermost shell has eight electrons.
Oxygen is more reactive than fluorine because oxygen needs only one electron to fill its outermost shell.
Fluorine is more reactive than neon because fluorine has to lose only one electron to fill its outermost shell.

Answer 1

am i right with A? or is it D?

Answer 2

What do you know about the noble gases? Why are they stable (i.e. inert)?

Does fluorine need to lose an electron or gain an electron to fill it's outermost shell?

Answer 3

fluorine would become stable and inert if it could get one more electron and complete its valence or outermost shell

Answer 4

exactly, so does that mean D is correct or wrong?

Answer 5

right?...

Answer 6

@az you ther?

Answer 7

D says
Fluorine is more reactive than neon because fluorine has to lose only one electron to fill its outermost shell.

and you said
if it could get one more electron


is losing an electron the same thing as getting an electron?

Answer 8

Is Neon a noble gas? Does it have a full valence shell?

Answer 9

o

Answer 10

a would be right?

Answer 11

yes

Answer 12

thank you

Answer 13

no problem