Explain why :

(i) All the elements of a group have similar chemical properties.


(ii) All the elements of a period have different chemical properties.

(i) All the elements of a group have similar chemical properties because the elements which are placed in a same group have same amount of electrons in its valence shell or we can say that the valency of the elements in a same group are same.

(ii) Periods are the horizontal rows present in the modern periodic table. So the elements which are present in the same periods have different valency that’s why the chemical properties of the elements in a same period are different.


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