Question

The properties of some rare earth elements make them essential ingredients in electronics. Rare earth elements appear together in the same general area of the periodic table of the elements. The graph shows two properties of several rare earth elements.


Is it accurate to say that the rare earth elements, as a group, share the same properties? Support your answer using the information in the graph.

Answer 1

Answer:

I'm pretty sure it is accurate.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

It is Inaccurate.

Explanation:

The graph is inaccurate because the rare-earth elements shown on the graph all have varying melting and boiling points, some more extreme than others. seeing how melting/boiling point is the only property compared between the rare earth elements, it is inaccurate to say that these elements share the same properties.