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Tell if this statement is true or false. If it is false, how could you make it into a true statement?

Elements in the same period have similar chemical properties.

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False.

Chemical properties depend on the number of valence electrons. It would be correct to say that elements of a group have similar chemical properties, but not of a period.

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