The Electron
Wavelength/Frequency
Orbitals
Quantum Numbers
Electron Configuration
100
The electron's lowest energy state.
What is its Ground State?
100
Represented by the Greek letter lambda, it is the distance between one crest to the next or one trough to the next.
What is wavelength?
100
The region of space around the nucleus in which electrons are most likely to be found.
What is an orbital?
100

I am the principle quantum number.

What is n?

100
These electrons lie in the atom's outermost energy levels.
What are valence electrons?
200
The minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an electron.
What is a Quantum?
200
The number of waves that pass a given point per second and represented by the Greek letter nu.
What is frequency?
200
This spherically shaped sub-level has a single orbital and can hold 2 electrons.
What is the s sub-level?
200

I am the quantum number that describes the orbital shape.

What is l?

200

This element uses the Noble Gas Notation: [Ne]s1.

What is Sodium?

300
An electron emits this as it jumps down to a lower state of energy.
What is a photon?
300
The wave's height from origin to a crest or from the origin to a trough.
What is amplitude?
300
This sub-level holds three dumbbell shaped orbitals and up to 6 electrons.
What is the p sub-level?
300

I am the equation for the maximum number of electrons in an energy level.

What is 2n2?

300

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2

What is Calcium?

400
E (photon) = h x v where h = 6.626 x 10^-34 J.s h represents this.
What is Plank's constant?
400
c = wavelength x frequency c = 3 x 10^8 m/s c represents this.
What is the speed of light?
400
The principle that states that it is fundamentally impossible to know precisely both the velocity and position of a particle at the same time.
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
400

I am the orbital that can hold 14 electrons.

What is f?

400

The full electron configuration of Carbon.

What is 1s2 2s2 2p2 ?

500
Atoms tend to gain, lose or share electrons in order to acquire a full set of eight valence electrons.
What is the Octet Rule?
500
A kind of radiation including visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and X-rays, in which electric and magnetic fields vary simultaneously.
What is electromagnetic radiation?
500

A principle that states that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.

What is Pauli's Exclusion Principle?

500

Each electron occupies the lowest energy level available.

What is the Aufbau Principle?

500

This element uses the Noble Gas Notation: [Ar]4s1

What is Potassium?

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