Elements react with others in such a way to have 8
electrons in their valence shell (the outermost energy level.) Sometimes they form ionic
bonds, in which electrone move from one atom to the other; the atoms are then held
together by the difference in their charges. In other compounds, electrons are shared,
so that both atoms end up with 8 in their outer shells.
In
your examples, potassium has one valence electron, and would therefore react with an
atom that has 7--again, that magic number of 8 is key. Which one of your listed elements
has 7? Bromine. (Krypton is a noble gas; it already has 8, and is very, very
NON-reactive.)
Your second question is about oxygen, which
has 6 valence electrons, so we are looking for the element with
2--calcium.
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