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WorksheetsThe Electron
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
In 1865, which chemist compared the periodicity of the elements to a musical scale?
Dmitri Mendeleev
John Newlands
Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrodinger
Before quantum mechanics, scientists envisioned the atomic world as just a ___
blur of probability densities
wave-particle duality
miniature macroscopic world
gigantic macroscopic world
In 1913, who developed a model for the energy levels of a single electron in a hydrogen atom?
Dmitri Mendeleev
Hank Green
Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrodinger
Which scientist determined that elements only exist in discrete packets of matter?
John Dalton
John Newlands
Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrodinger
The energy given off by electrons is emitted in discrete packets called ___
chunks
droplets
quanta
bytes
In 1913, Niels Bohr came up with a simple model for describing electron energy levels as ___
probability densities
wave functions
three dimensional regions
circular orbits
Electrons don't really behave like particles; they're better described as ___
waves
marbles
planets
musical beats
For an electron around a nucleus; a standing wave is produced only at certain ___
harmonics
energy levels
quanta
mismatches
Who developed a mathematical model where the electron was assumed to be a standing wave?
John Dalton
John Newlands
Niels Bohr
Erwin Schrodinger
A bit like the individual notes on a keyboard, electrons exist in ___
grids
black and white
orbitals
rows
The first shell has a single orbital, an s-orbital, which can only fit ___
one electron
two electrons
four electrons
eight electrons
In total, how many electrons can be held in the p-orbitals of a shell?
two
four
six
eight
The desire for most of the lighter elements to have eight electrons in their outer shell is called ___
the octet rule
the figure eight
the octave melody
octuplet births
The "complete harmony" of a full outer shell is realized in which group of elements?
the alkali metals
the transition metals
the halogens
the noble gases
The condensed way of showing exactly where all of an atoms electrons are located is called ___
standard atomic notation
scientific notation
electron configuration
standard nuclear arrangement
For hydrogen, the electron configuration is ___
1s
1p
1s1
1p1
The electron configuration for fluorine is ___
1s1 2s2 2p6
1s2 2s2
1s2 2s2 2p6
1s2 2s2 2p5
The third shell adds a third kind of orbital: the five part harmony, with ten electrons, of the ___
k-orbitals
g-orbitals
d-orbitals
f-orbitals
What is the next type of orbital to be filled after the 4s orbital?
3p
3d
4p
4d
Which element has the electron configuration 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d6 ?
magnesium
calcium
iron
gold
The energy required to remove an electron from an atom to form a positively charged ion is called ___
isoelectric energy
electron affinity
ionization energy
isoelectric infinity
When atoms have the same number of electrons, they are called ___
isoelectrically analogous
isotopically analogous
structural isomers
geometric isomers
Which type of orbitals are being filled in the lanthanides and actinides?
n orbitals
k orbitals
p orbitals
f orbitals
