Scientists
This scientist questioned Rutherford's model of the atom.
Who is Neils Bohr?
This fundamental principle of quantum mechanics states that the exact position and momentum of a particle cannot both be precisely determined simultaneously.
What is the Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
The four sublevels found in electron orbits
What is s,p,d,f?
This type of orbital has a dumbbell shape.
What is a p orbital?
The electron configuration of an atom describes the distribution of electrons among these atomic sublevels.
What are orbitals?
This scientist received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of the photoelectric effect, which provided evidence for the particle-like nature of light.
Who is Albert Einstein?
The spectral lines that appear when electrons of any element are heated are caused by this.
What are electrons returning to their ground state?
Electron orbital number with the lowest energy.
What is 1s?
The maximum number of electrons that can occupy a single orbital is determined by this principle.
What is the Pauli exclusion principle?
The electron configuration of oxygen (O) is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^4. How many valence electrons does oxygen have?
What is 6?
This physicist is credited with the discovery of the wave-particle duality of matter and the de Broglie wavelength.
Who is Louis de Broglie?
This principle states that no two electrons in an atom can have the same spin.
What is the Pauli exclusion principle?
The highest orbital level on our current periodic table.
What is 7p6?
This type of orbital has a spherical shape.
What is an s orbital?
The electron configuration of nitrogen (N) is 1s^2 2s^2 2p. How many electrons does nitrogen have?
What is 7?
This physicist proposed the quantum mechanical model of an atom.
Who is Erwin Schroedinger?
This principle states that each electron occupies the lowest energy orbital available.
What is the Aufbau principle?
The spin quantum number, denoted by "m_s," determines this property of an electron in an atom.
What is the electron spin?
How many p orbitals are there in an atom?
What is three?
The electron configuration for chlorine is...
What is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^5?
This physicist developed the uncertainty principle, which states that the position and momentum of a particle cannot be simultaneously known with arbitrary precision.
Who is Werner Heisenberg?
Every orbital in a sublevel is singly occupied before any orbital is doubly occupied.
The two different ways electron spin is described for any orbital.
What is clockwise or counterclockwise?
This orbital is described as having a clover shape.
What is the d orbital?
The electron configuration of sulfur (S) is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^6 3s^2 3p^4. How many valence electrons does sulfur have?
What is 6?