“Carbon reacts with an element in the above table to form several compounds.” Give suitable reason.

CBSE Sample Question Paper, Class 10 Science Term 2 Question 1 - (“Carbon reacts with an element in the above table to form several compounds.” Give suitable reason.)

1 The table shows the electronic structures of four elements

Element Electronic Structure
P 2,6
Q 2,8,1
R 2,8,7
S 2,8,8

b. “Carbon reacts with an element in the above table to form several compounds.” Give suitable reason.

Ans : b. Carbon has a valency four or Tetravalency & Catenation