Electrons Getting Their Lives in Order (One Orbital at a Time)
Abbreviated version of electron configuration
What is noble gas notation?
1s22s22p1
What is Boron?
The lowest possible energy level an electron can occupy in an atom
What is Ground State?
Sublevel that has only one orbital
What is s orbital?
The vertical columns on the periodic table
What are Groups?
What are electron shells?
1s22s22p5
What is Fluorine?
When an electron absorbs energy and moves to a higher energy level
What is Excited state?
What are the four types of electron sublevels
S, P, D, and F
The horizontal rows on the periodic table
What are Periods?
Atomic number of an atom
What is the number of protons?
1s22s22p63s23p2
What is Silicon?
Why do excited electrons eventually return to lower energy levels?
Their energy releases, moving them back to ground state
How many total orbitals are in a p sublevel
3
Period that contains sodium
What is Period 3?
The maximum number of electrons that can fit in the first energy level
What is 2?
1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s1
What is Rubidium?
An electron moves from the 2s orbital to the 3p orbital after absorbing energy
What is excited state?
Which sublevel has the highest number of orbitals
F
An element is in Group 1 and Period 4
What is Potassium
The name of the rule that says electrons fill the orbitals with 8 electrons first
1s²2s²2p⁶3s²3p⁶4s23d104p⁶4d¹⁰5s²5p⁵
What is Iodine?
Ground State or Excited State?
1s22s22p63s1
What is Ground State?
How many electrons can each of the seven electron shells hold at maximum?
1st: 2 2nd:8 3rd:18
4th:32 5th:32 6th:18
7th:8
The last 2 rows on the periodic table
What are the lanthanide and actinide series?