GROUP IA ELEMENTS Alkali Metals

Question 1

Comprises the most reactive of all the metallic elements (never found in nature in pure form).

Answer 1

Alkali metals (iA)

Question 2

↑ activity with increasing atomic number (Cs>K>Na)

Answer 2

Alkali metals

Question 3

Hydroxides give alkaline solutions (alkalinity increases with increasing atomic number).

Answer 3

Alkali metals

Question 4

Degree of solvation ________ with _________ atomic Number.

Answer 4

Decreases, increasing

Question 5

Low melting point

Answer 5

Alkali metals

Question 6

Alkali metals do not form complexes.
They are ______.

Answer 6

Chemically stable