1. What is the coefficient of M when the following equation is completed and balanced if M is an alkali metal?
M (s) +H2O (l)->
2.Oxides of most nonmetals combine with water to from ______.
3. Among the hydrogen halides, only ____is a weak acid.
4. The only noble gas that does not have the ns2np6 valence electron configuration is ______.
5. The first ionization energies of the elements _____ as you go from left to right across a period of the periodic table, and _____ as you go from the bottom to the top of a group in the table.