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Would you expect oxygen (O) to react more like sulfur (S) or nitrogen (N)? Support your prediction with evidence .

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Answer:

Sulfur

Step-by-step explanation:

Oxygen like sulfur would chemical react and combine with other compounds in the same way. This is because they are both located in the same group on the periodic table.

Elements in the same group have the same chemical properties and they will react the same way.

The general formula of the elements in this group are ns² np⁴.

All the elements in this group have 4 electrons in their np⁴ shell and they belong to the p-block.

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