Number of elements in period 2

Question: Give the number of elements in period 2 of the periodic table
Answer: 8

The rows going from left to right across the Periodic Table are called Periods.
The periods are numbered from 1 at the top to 7 on the bottom.
The first period contains only 2 elements: hydrogen and helium.
The second period contains 8 elements: lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen,  fluorine and neon.

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