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Electrons in Atoms

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

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Class
Date
1.

The ways in which electrons are arranged around the nucleus of atoms are called

a)

Sublevels

b)

E- configuration

c)

Waves

d)

Spectrum

2.

The ______ describes the sequence in which orbitals are filled. The various orbitals within a sublevel of a principle energy level are always of ______ energy.

a)

Afbau principle, equal

b)

Atomic orbitals, equal

c)

Energy levels, Afbau Principle

d)

Electrons, spectrum

3.

The _______ principle states that a maximum of only ______ electrons can occupy each orbital.

a)

Electron configuration, 2

b)

Light, 3

c)

Pauli exclusion, 2

d)

Atomic orbitals, 1

4.

To occupy the same orbital, two electrons must have ______ spins.

a)

Opposite

b)

2 electrons

c)

Waves

d)

Equal

5.

Hund's rule states that the electrons pair up only after each orbital in a sublevel is occupied by

a)

An electron

b)

An atom

c)

Wave

d)

Light

6.

When using the shorthand method for showing the electron configuration of an atom, ______ are used to indicate the number of _______ occupying each sublevel

a)

Quantum, spectrums

b)

Spectrum, superscripts

c)

Energy levels, spectrum

d)

Superscripts, spectrum

7.

Electrons must have a certain minimum amount of energy called a quantum in order to move from one energy level to the next higher energy level

a)

True

b)

False

8.

The election probability clouds for atomic orbitals are spherical in shape.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

The number of sublevels in an energy level is equal to the square of the principal quantum number of that energy level.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The maximum number of electrons that can occupy the fourth principle energy level 32

a)

True

b)

False

11.

The higher the energy level occupied by an electron the more energetic it is

a)

True

b)

False

12.

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

a)

True

b)

False

13.

As many as four electrons can occupy the same orbital

a)

True

b)

False

14.

The Pauli exclusion principle states that an atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Region in space around the nucleus of an atom where an electron is likely to be moving.

a)

Energy levels

b)

Electron configuration

c)

Quantum

d)

Energy levels

16.

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

a)

Waves

b)

Atomic orbitals

c)

Electron configuration

d)

Ground state

17.

Amount of energy required to remove an electron from its present energy level to the next higher one

a)

Hund's rule

b)

Quantum

c)

Pauli exclusion principle

d)

Photons

18.

The modern description of the behavior of electrons in atoms

a)

Electron configuration

b)

Quantum mechanical model

c)

Atomic orbitals

d)

Photons

19.

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

a)

Quantum

b)

Hund's rule

c)

Photons

d)

Ground state

20.

An atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons

a)

Hund's rule

b)

Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Photons

d)

Quantum mechanical model

21.

Electrons enter orbitals of lowest energy first

a)

Afbau principle

b)

Ground state

c)

Atomic orbitals

d)

Energy levels

22.

The most stable arrangement of electrons around the nucleus of an atom

a)

Energy levels

b)

Electron configuration

c)

Ground state

d)

Atomic orbitals

23.

The lowest energy level for a given electron

a)

Ground state

b)

Atomic orbitals

c)

Quantum

d)

Electron configuration

24.

Light quanta

a)

Photons

b)

Atomic orbitals

c)

Ground state

d)

Quantum