Alkaline Earth Metals

Elements in this group

• beryllium
• magnesium
• calcium
• strontium
• barium
• radium

facts

• Alkaline earth metals used to only be calcium, strontium, and barium.
• There are six chemical elements in this group,
• They all burn with different color flames.

real world

• beryllium can be found in emeralds.
• Magnesium is used in flares and was used during war.
• Calcium helps remove impurities from steel.

Magnesium

Grayish white, a tough metal, burns with a very bright light, very important for plant and animal life.

questions

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1. Is used in fertilizers. 2. they're in mineral supplements 3. They're used in flares.

facts

• in every green plant there is a magnesium ion.
• Magnesium is essential for life.
• We need magnesium in our diets to sleep correctly.

history

• Was discovered as an element in 1755.
• Joseph Black discovered magnesium.