The elements fluorine, chlorine, and iodine are all part of the same blank space on the periodic table, which means they have the same

It could be "group" and "number of valence electrons"

The problem here is that according to aufbau principle before 3d orbital 4s subshell comes.after filling 3p orbital with electrons you have 4 electrons left, you place two in 4s with opposite spin and the other two in 3d in any of its two orbitals of total five orbitals with the same spin.