Chalcogens in the Periodic Table
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Why is oxygen sometimes treated separately from the other chalcogens?

  • Due to its radioactive properties
  • Because it is a noble gas
  • Due to its very different chemical behavior from sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and polonium (correct)
  • Because it has a higher atomic number
  • How many valence electrons do all of the chalcogens have?

  • 8
  • 4
  • 6 (correct)
  • 2
  • Which chemical elements are part of the chalcogens group?

  • Nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, and magnesium
  • Oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium, and livermorium (correct)
  • Aluminum, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, and argon
  • Hydrogen, helium, lithium, beryllium, boron, and carbon
  • What is the derivation of the word 'chalcogen'?

    <p>&quot;Khalkόs&quot; meaning copper and &quot;genēs&quot; meaning born or produced</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which chalcogen elements are typically nontoxic in their elemental form and essential to most life forms?

    <p>Oxygen and sulfur</p> Signup and view all the answers

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