Which of the following is not an alkaline earth metal?

Which of the following is not an alkaline earth metal? Correct Answer beryllium

Beryllium, belongs to the 2nd group. It is not called as an alkaline earth metal because the first element of this group that is beryllium is different from the rest of the members and it also shows a diagonal relationship with aluminium.

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