Comparing and Contrasting Safety in Chemistry(and not using it) I’m doing a project for school and I need help

the answer is either b or c

each chemical family is represented as a group or column on the periodic table. based on chemical properties, there are 6 types of chemical families. group 1 represents alkali metals, group 2 represents alkaline earth metals, groups 3 to 12 represent transition metals, groups 13 to 16 represent non-metals and other metals, group 17 represents halogens and group 18 represents noble gases.

answersilicon (si); oxygen (o);