Helium is the only noble gas that doesn't have 8 valence electrons. It only has 2.
Helium
Helium has only 2 valence electrons. The rest noble gases have eight.
loses 2 electrons to achieve a noble gas configuration
It should loose 2 electrons to become a noble gas.
Oxygen should gain 2 electrons to achieve noble gas configuration
helium
helium
To attain the noble gas configuration, Ca would have to lose 2 electrons, Mg would have to lose 2 electrons, Ba would have to lose 2 electrons, and Be would have to lose 2 electrons.
Helium is the noble gas with only 2 valence electrons
Calcium has to lose 2 electrons to form noble gas configuration.
They should gain 2 electrons to attain noble gas electronic configuration. (it doesn't become a noble gas as the number of protons are not same)