(PLS HELP will mark brainliest!) Compare and contrast the alkali metals and the alkaline earth metals. Discuss their physical and chemical properties, their magnetic properties, and their electron configurations.

Alkali metals are the elements in group 1 of the periodic table. Alkaline earth metals are the elements in group 2 of the periodic table. ... The main difference between alkaline and alkali is that alkali metals have one valence electron, whereas alkaline earth metals have two valence electrons.

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