IB skill practice

Use successive ionization energies

Paper 1, Paper 2 5 marks Difficulty 5

Infer group from valence electrons

A successive ionization-energy pattern in a student HL revision indicates \(2\) outer-shell electrons for a main-group element. Predict its main-group number in the simplified model. Enter the answer and choose the interpretation that matches the chemistry.

Worked practice: chemistry evidence and answer

Use the chemical evidence first, then enter the result and interpretation that match it.