*WILL GIVE A BRAINIEST & 15 POINTS TO THE CORRECT ANSWER* When an electron falls back to its original shell, the electron will...

A.) absorb energy as it goes to the excited state
B.) absorb energy as it goes to the ground state
C.) release energy as it goes to the excited state
D.) release energy as it goes to the ground state

answer:

the answer is 6 valence electrons.

explanation:

valence is the # of electrons on the outer most shell of an atom.

oxygen has 6.

although, the valency of oxygen is 2, because it only needs to make 2 covalent bonds, or gain 2 electrons, to achieve the stable octet configuration of a noble gas.

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