Quantum Mechanics
Atomic Orbitals
Electromagnetic Radiation
CHEM 121 Syllabus
100

The model which states that electrons occupy quantized energy levels with an atom

What is the Bohr model?


100

The principle quantum number

What is n?

100

A particle of light

What is a photon?

100

The two professors of CHEM 121

Who are Summer Li and Steve McNeil?

200

The equation for DeBroglie wavelength

What is h/mv?

200

The shape of an s orbital

What is a sphere?

200

 The spectrum showing the colours of light absorbed by a specific atom

What is an absorption spectrum?

200

Your final exam is worth this much of your grade

What is 40%?

300

A word meaning "restricted to a prescribed set of values"

What is quantized?

300
The number of radial and angular nodes in a 4d orbital

What is 1 and 2?


300

The colour of light associated with a wavelength of ~400 nm

What is violet?

300

The process of becoming a more aware learner. I.e., "thinking about thinking"

What is metacognition?

400

The principle that states that we cannot know both the position and speed of a quantum particle at the same time

What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle?
400

The name of the orbital associated with the quantum numbers n=5, l = 2, and ml = -2, -1, 0, 1, 2

What is 5d?

400

The name of the constant in the formula E=-R(1/nf^2 - 1/ni^2)

What is the Rydberg constant?

400

The two subfields that your professors specialize in

What is inorganic chem and biochem?