Describe tests to identify the gases: (a) ammonia, ( NH_3 ), using damp red litmus paper (b) carbon dioxide, ( CO_2 ), using limewater (c) chlorine, ( Cl_2 ), using damp litmus paper (d) hydrogen, ( H_2 ), using a lighted splint (e) oxygen, ( O_2 ), using a glowing splint (f) sulfur dioxide, ( SO_2 ), using acidified aqueous potassium manganate(VII)

Describe the Group VIII noble gases as unreactive, monatomic gases and explain this in terms of electronic configuration

State that: (a) Group VIII noble gases have a full outer electron shell (b) the number of outer shell electrons is equal to the group number in Groups I to VII (c) the number of occupied electron shells is equal to the period number