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Electrons in Atoms

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins

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Class
Date
1.

The ways in which electrons are arranged around the nuclei of atoms.

a)

electron configurations

b)

quantum

c)

photons

d)

energy level

2.

The ejection of electrons by metals when light shines on them.

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

quantum mechanical model

c)

photoelectric effect

d)

atomic orbitals

3.

The region around the nucleus of an atom where an electron is likely to be moving.

a)

quantum

b)

atomic orbitals

c)

photons

d)

energy level

4.

An atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons.

a)

Pauli exclusion principle

b)

Aufbau principle

c)

Hund’s rule

d)

electron configurations

5.

The regions within which electrons have the highest probability of being found.

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

electron configurations

c)

atomic orbitals

d)

photons

6.

When electrons occupy orbitals of equal energy, one electron enters each orbital until all the orbitals contain one electron.

a)

quantum mechanical model

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Aufbau principle

d)

Hund’s rule

7.

The amount of energy required to move an electron from its present energy level to the next higher one.

a)

quantum

b)

photon

c)

energy level

d)

atomic orbital

8.

Light quanta.

a)

quantum mechanical model

b)

photoelectric effect

c)

energy level

d)

photons

9.

Electrons enter orbitals of lowest energy first.

a)

quantum mechanical model

b)

Hund’s rule

c)

Aufbau principle

d)

Pauli exclusion principle

10.

The modern description of the electrons in atoms.

a)

quantum mechanical model

b)

Aufbau principle

c)

Pauli exclusion principle

d)

electron configurations

11.

What is the total number of orbitals in the third principal energy level?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

9

d)

16

12.

What is the maximum number of electrons allowed in the third energy level?

a)

2

b)

8

c)

18

d)

32

13.

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

a)

1

b)

2

c)

8

d)

18

14.

The electron configuration for fluorine is:

a)

1s22s22p3

b)

1s22s22p5

c)

1s22s22p6

d)

1s22s22p63s2

15.

The first three electrons that enter into p orbitals must have:

a)

parallel spins

b)

opposite spins

c)

low energy levels

d)

opposite charges

16.

The atom whose electron configuration is 1s22s22p63s23p1 is:

a)

B

b)

Na

c)

Al

d)

Ga

17.

The configuration for the outermost energy level in Ca is:

a)

3s2

b)

4s2

c)

2s1

d)

4s1

18.

The frequency and wavelength of all waves are ...

a)

directly related

b)

inversely related

c)

unrelated

d)

equal

19.

The SI unit of cycles per second is called a:

a)

photon

b)

quantum

c)

hertz

d)

hund

20.

The wavelength of light with a frequency of 2.50 × 1013 s-1 is:

a)

1.20 × 105 m

b)

8.33 × 105 m

c)

1.20 × 10-5 m

d)

8.33 × 10-5 m

21.

Once the electron in a hydrogen atom absorbs a quantum of energy, it:

a)

is now in its ground state

b)

is now in its excited state

c)

has released a photon

d)

none of these

22.

What is the frequency of radiation whose wavelength is 6.25 x 10-5 cm?

a)

4.8 x 1014 s-1

b)

4.9 x 1014 s-1

c)

4.8 x 1019 s-1

d)

1.8 x 1014 s-1

23.

What is the energy of a photon whose frequency is 5.2 x 1015 s-1? h = 6.6262 x 10-34 Js

a)

3.4 x 1018 J

b)

3.4 x 10-18 J

c)

8.4 x 10-18 J

d)

1.8 x 10-18 J

24.

The lowest energy level within which an electron can be found.

a)

amplitude

b)

frequency

c)

wavelength

d)

ground state

25.

The height of an electromagnetic wave from the origin to the crest.

a)

wavelength

b)

ground state

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

26.

It is impossible to know exactly both the velocity and the position of a particle at the same time.

a)

de Broglie’s equation

b)

wavelength

c)

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

d)

frequency

27.

The number of electromagnetic wave cycles to pass a given point per unit of time.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

ground state

28.

All matter exhibits wavelike motion.

a)

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

b)

de Broglie’s equation

c)

amplitude

d)

frequency

29.

The distance between the crests of an electromagnetic wave.

a)

frequency

b)

amplitude

c)

wavelength

d)

ground state

30.

The energy levels in an atom can be viewed like the rungs on a ladder.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

31.

The electrons in an atom are arranged in concentric orbits around the nucleus.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

32.

The principal quantum number equals the number of sublevels within that principal energy level.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

33.

As many as eight electrons may occupy the same orbital.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

34.

In all natural phenomena, change proceeds toward the lowest possible energy state.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

35.

The photoelectric effect will occur only if the frequency of light striking an electron in a metal is above a certain threshold frequency.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

36.

The behavior of light can be explained in terms of waves.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True

37.

Quantum mechanics describes the motions of subatomic particles and atoms as waves that gain or lose energy in packages called quanta.

a)

Always True

b)

Sometimes True

c)

Never True