Electron Configuration

Front

The arrangement of electrons in an atom is called the atom's __________.

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electron configuration

Front

Electrons in an atom tend to assume the arrangement that gives the atom the ____________ energy possible.

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lowest

Front

Valence electrons are involved in forming chemical bonds. Is this statement true or false?

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True

Front

_________ states that single electrons with the same spin must occupy each equal-energy orbital before additional electrons with opposite spins can occupy the same orbital.

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Hund's rule

Front

The most stable, lowest-energy arrangement of the electrons is called the element's ______________.

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ground-stable electron configuration

Front

What principle explains that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers?

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The Pauli exclusion principle

Front

What is the maximum number of electrons that can occupy a single orbital?

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2

Front

Which rule states that electrons fill orbitals starting from the lowest energy level to the highest?

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The aufbau principle

Front

What are the electrons in the outermost shell of an atom called?

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Valence electrons

Front

What is the electron configuration of a neutral oxygen atom (atomic number 8)?

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1s² 2s² 2p⁴