Quantum Chemistry and Electron Configurations

Electrons don't really behave like particles. They are more like _______. More specifically, they are described as ________ waves.

• Waves

• Beams

• Standing

• Tsunami

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Electrons exist in ______.

• Squares

• Rings

• The Nucleus

• Orbitals

The first shell, the ____ orbital, has only 1 orbital which can only fit ______ electrons

• S

• p

• 1

• 2

The second shell, the _____ orbital, has ______ configurations which can fit 2 electrons each for a total of 6 electrons.

• s

• p

• 2

• 3

Match the parts of the electron configuration to what it represents.

• period

• s

• element

• 2

• block

• 1

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Match the following

(a)   states that electrons fill the lowest energy orbitals first

• Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle

• Aufbau Principle

• Hund's Rule

• Mrs. Vollers

The electrons of the p and s orbitals are the 8 electrons referred to in the _______ ______.

• Rule of Eight

• Important 8

• Octet Rule

• Ocho Rule

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The third shell has a third kind of orbital, the _____ orbital.

• s

• p

• d

The amount of energy needed to remove an electron from an atom is called the _________ energy.

• Ionization

• Thermal

• Nuclear

• Quantum

Periods 1 and 2 including helium are which orbital?

• s

• p

• d

• f

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