Question

Sulfur has an atomic number of 16. sulfur will form chemical bonds in a similar manner as __________. sulfur has an atomic number of 16. sulfur will form chemical bonds in a similar manner as __________. carbon hydrogen oxygen nitrogen

Answer 1

Answer:- Oxygen

Explanations:- Elements of same group(family) forms the bonds in almost similar manner. Oxygen and sulfur are the elements of same group and have equal number of valence electrons. So, they form chemical bonds in similar manner as each one needs two more electrons to complete it's octet.

Hydrogen has one valence electron and so it forms only a one single bond.

Nitrogen has 5 valence electrons and it needs three more electrons to complete it's octet and for this it forms three single bonds or one single and one double bond.

Carbon has 4 valence electrons and needs 4 more electrons to complete it's octet. The number of bonds are different for hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon as compared to sulfur.

So, the only and only correct choice is oxygen.

Answer 2

Answer: The correct answer is oxygen.

Explanation:

Sulfur is the element having atomic number of 16. The group to which this element belongs is Group 16.

The elements which belong to same group show similar chemical properties because they have same number of valence electrons.

For the given options:

Carbon belongs to Group 14 of the periodic table and thus will not show similar behavior to sulfur.

Hydrogen belongs to Group 1 of the periodic table and thus will not show similar behavior to sulfur.

Oxygen belongs to Group 16 of the periodic table and thus will show similar behavior to sulfur.

Nitrogen belongs to Group 15 of the periodic table and thus will not show similar behavior to sulfur.

From the above information, the correct answer is oxygen.