Biology 1st Edition by Jung Choi, Jean DeSaix, Yael Avissar, Vladimir Jurukovski, Robert Wise,Connie Rye, OpenStax

Exercise 14

Figure 2.7 An atom may give, take, or share electrons with another atom to achieve a full valence shell, the most stable electron configuration. Looking at this figure, how many electrons do elements in group 1 need to lose in order to achieve a stable electron configuration? How many electrons do elements in groups 14 and 17 need to gain to achieve a stable configuration?