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Which of the following statements about the Modern Periodic Table is correct?

The periodic table has seven rows called periods. It has 18 columns called groups or families. Elements of the same group have similar properties. For example, group 18 consists of the noble or insert gases. These elements (helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon) have 8 valence electrons.

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