Knowing the electron configuration helps us understand the elements’ behavior at the atomic level and therefore helps us understand the properties of elements as we see them on the macroscopic level. How is it the same as understanding other people’s behavior as well?

Agroup of students is studying convection currents. they fill two identical balloons with the same amount of helium. one balloon is placed in a freezer and the other in an area with warm air. after 10 minutes, the balloons are released from a height of 1 meter. which of the following do the students most likely observe? a. the balloons both rise. the cold balloon is larger than the warm balloon. b. the balloons rise at the same rate. both balloons are the same size. c. the warm balloon expands and rises. the cold balloon shrinks and sinks. d. the cold balloon expands and rises. the warm balloon shrinks and sinks.

Elements in group 2 are all called alkaline earth metals. what is most similar about the alkaline earth metals?

Which metals are called noble metals