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Electron arrangement in atoms

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

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1.

............................. is the way in which electrons are arranged in various orbitals around the nuclei of atoms.

a)

Electron configuration

b)

Proton configuration

c)

Neutron configuration

2.

“electrons occupy the orbitals of the lowest energy first”.

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli Exclusion Principle

c)

Hund’s rule

3.

“Electrons occupy orbitals of the same energy in a way that makes the number of electrons with the same spin direction as large as possible”.

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli Exclusion Principle

c)

Hund’s rule

4.

“An atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons”.

a)

Aufbau principle

b)

Pauli Exclusion Principle

c)

Hund’s rule

5.

A quantum mechanical property of electrons and may be thought as clockwise and anti-clockwise.

a)

Principal

b)

Secondary

c)

Spin

6.

Write the electronic configuration of hydrogen atom.

a)

1s2

b)

1s1

c)

2s1

7.

Write the electronic configuration of carbon atom.

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6

b)

1s2 2s2 2p2

c)

1s1 2s1 2p4

8.

Write the electronic configuration of copper atom.

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d9

b)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1 3d10

c)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d4

9.

Write the electronic configuration of calcium atom.

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d9

b)

1s22s22p63s23p64s2

c)

1s22s22p63s23p6

10.

Write the electronic configuration of neon atom.

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6

b)

1s2 2s1 2p5 3s2

c)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d4

11.

Write the electronic configuration of lithium atom.

a)

1s2 2s1

b)

1s2 2s2 2p3

c)

1s1 2s2