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G-9 CHEMISTRY ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
How many electrons does Si contain? (click to see image)
a)
14
b)
28
c)
2
d)
4
2.
How many electrons can the first energy level hold?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
8
d)
0
3.
The electron configuration of an atom is 1s22s22p6.  The number of electrons in the atom is 
a)
3
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
4.
The electron configuration of an atom is 1s22s22p6.  The number of electrons in the atom is 
a)
3
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
5.
What electron configuration matches an oxygen atom?
a)
1s22s22p63s2, 3p64s23d104p5
b)
1s22s22p4
c)
1s22s22p6
d)
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d1
6.
The electron configuration of an atom is 1s22s22p6.  The number of valence electrons in the atom is 
a)
3
b)
6
c)
8
d)
10
7.

No two electrons in the same atom can have the same four quantum numbers.

a)

Aufbau Principle

b)

Pauli's Exclusion Principle

c)

Hund’s Rule

d)

Noble gas notation

8.
FIND THE ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION OF Cl (At no = 17)
a)
2,8,7
b)
2,8,8
c)
2,8,6
d)
2,8
9.

What atom matches this electron configuration?

1s22s22p63s2

a)

Calcium

b)

Magnesium

c)

Aluminum

d)

Potassium

10.

What is an orbit ?

a)

An orbit is a part of the proton around the nucleus of an atom.

b)

An orbit is a part of an electron around the nucleus of an atom.

c)

An orbit is a part of the neutron around the nucleus of an atom

d)

An orbit is a part of the nucleons around the nucleus of atom

11.

orbitals fill in order of........

a)

increasing size

b)

increasing charge

c)

increasing energy

12.

Write the electronic configuration for sodium Na (Z=11)

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6

b)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2

c)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1

d)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p4

13.

Which principle states that electrons fill the orbitals of lower energy level first?

a)

aufbau

b)

Hund

c)

Pauli

d)

Paschen

14.

What is the maximum number of electrons in the third shell of an atom?

a)

2

b)

18

c)

8

d)

32

15.

Which of the following electronic configuration match an oxygen atom?

(Z: 8)

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p5



b)

1s2 2s2 2p6

c)

1s2 2s2 2p4

d)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d1