Alkaline earth metals are not found in their free state in nature. Their electron configuration‘s contain to outer electrons. Because they easily give up these two outer electrons, what type of bond do they typically form?

Ionic bond

Explanation:

An ionic bond is formed when an element completely transfers its valence electron to another element. The element which donates the electron is known as electropositive element or the metal and the element which accepts the electrons is known as electronegative element or non metal.

A covalent bond is formed when an element shares its valence electron with another element. This bond is formed between two non metals.

Alkaline earth metals (M) are gruop 2 elements with 2 valence electrons in their valence shell and thus can easily donate electrons to form cation and thus form ionic bonds.

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