Electron Configurations, Exceptional Configurations and Excited State Configurations

What is the ground state electron configuration of Bromine?

• 2-8-18-7
• 2-8-18-8
• 2-3
• 2-8-17-8

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Which is an excited state electron configuration of Bromine?

• 2-8-18-7

• 2-8-18-8

• 2-3

• 2-8-17-8

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What is it called when electrons absorb energy and move to an orbital with higher energy.

• Ground state

• Excited state

• Absorption rate

• Quantum

What is the lowest available energy state of an atom?

• Ground state

• Excited state

• Absorption rate

• Quantum

The energy of an electron __________ as it moves further away from the nucleus

• increases

• decreases

• does not change

• relaxes

When an atom has all of its electrons in the lowest energy orbitals available, the atom is  

• in ground state
• in excited state
• giving off light energy
• unstable

For an electron to change from ground state to an excited stated it must...

• Absorb energy
• Release energy

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An electron moves ___________ the nucleus when it moves to its excited state

• towards
• away from
• inside
• around

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Light is emitted when an electron moves from the ________ state to the _________ state

• excited, ground
• ground, excited

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Which is a possible excited state electron configuration for Silicon?

• 2-8-4
• 1-9-4
• 2-8-8
• 2-8-3-1

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