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The Electron

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In 1865, which chemist compared the periodicity of the elements to a musical scale?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

John Newlands

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

2.

Before quantum mechanics, scientists envisioned the atomic world as just a ___

a)

blur of probability densities

b)

wave-particle duality

c)

miniature macroscopic world

d)

gigantic macroscopic world

3.

In 1913, who developed a model for the energy levels of a single electron in a hydrogen atom?

a)

Dmitri Mendeleev

b)

Hank Green

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

4.

Which scientist determined that elements only exist in discrete packets of matter?

a)

John Dalton

b)

John Newlands

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

5.

The energy given off by electrons is emitted in discrete packets called ___

a)

chunks

b)

droplets

c)

quanta

d)

bytes

6.

In 1913, Niels Bohr came up with a simple model for describing electron energy levels as ___

a)

probability densities

b)

wave functions

c)

three dimensional regions

d)

circular orbits

7.

Electrons don't really behave like particles; they're better described as ___

a)

waves

b)

marbles

c)

planets

d)

musical beats

8.

For an electron around a nucleus; a standing wave is produced only at certain ___

a)

harmonics

b)

energy levels

c)

quanta

d)

mismatches

9.

Who developed a mathematical model where the electron was assumed to be a standing wave?

a)

John Dalton

b)

John Newlands

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

10.

A bit like the individual notes on a keyboard, electrons exist in ___

a)

grids

b)

black and white

c)

orbitals

d)

rows

11.

The first shell has a single orbital, an s-orbital, which can only fit ___

a)

one electron

b)

two electrons

c)

four electrons

d)

eight electrons

12.

In total, how many electrons can be held in the p-orbitals of a shell?

a)

two

b)

four

c)

six

d)

eight

13.

The desire for most of the lighter elements to have eight electrons in their outer shell is called ___

a)

the octet rule

b)

the figure eight

c)

the octave melody

d)

octuplet births

14.

The "complete harmony" of a full outer shell is realized in which group of elements?

a)

the alkali metals

b)

the transition metals

c)

the halogens

d)

the noble gases

15.

The condensed way of showing exactly where all of an atoms electrons are located is called ___

a)

standard atomic notation

b)

scientific notation

c)

electron configuration

d)

standard nuclear arrangement

16.

For hydrogen, the electron configuration is ___

a)

1s

b)

1p

c)

1s1

d)

1p1

17.

The electron configuration for fluorine is ___

a)

1s1 2s2 2p6

b)

1s2 2s2

c)

1s2 2s2 2p6

d)

1s2 2s2 2p5

18.

The third shell adds a third kind of orbital: the five part harmony, with ten electrons, of the ___

a)

k-orbitals

b)

g-orbitals

c)

d-orbitals

d)

f-orbitals

19.

What is the next type of orbital to be filled after the 4s orbital?

a)

3p

b)

3d

c)

4p

d)

4d

20.

Which element has the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d6 ?

a)

magnesium

b)

calcium

c)

iron

d)

gold

21.

The energy required to remove an electron from an atom to form a positively charged ion is called ___

a)

isoelectric energy

b)

electron affinity

c)

ionization energy

d)

isoelectric infinity

22.

When atoms have the same number of electrons, they are called ___

a)

isoelectrically analogous

b)

isotopically analogous

c)

structural isomers

d)

geometric isomers

23.

Which type of orbitals are being filled in the lanthanides and actinides?

a)

n orbitals

b)

k orbitals

c)

p orbitals

d)

f orbitals