Question

Magnesium wants to have 8 electrons, so it ____________ 2 electrons to another atom, so its valence shell is full and a ____________ is created between the two atoms.

Answer 1

The correct terms to fill in the blanks would be donates and bond. Like any other elements, magnesium would want to agree with the octet rule and have 8 electrons, so it would donate two electrons to another atom making its valence shell full and a chemical bond would be created between the atoms.