Question

Among the alkali earth metals, the tendency to react with other substances

Answer 1

Answer is D hope this helps  

Answer 2

Answer D
In alkali earth metals reacrivity increases from top to bottom (opposite of b)
This is because as you go down, the electron shells increase by 1 shell. The farther away a shell is from the nucleus, the higher its tendency to react.
D is true because the more reactive an alkali metal is, the more vigorous the reaction will be with water.