Unit Conversions and Significant Figures
Moles & Avogadro's Number
Energy
Periodic Trends
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Quantum Quest
100

This is the number of significant figures in 0.0009

What is 1?

100

These are two possibilities of units for the Avogadro's number.

What are atoms/, ions/, molecules/, particles/, electrons/, photons/, formula units/mole?

100

The SI unit of energy is derived from these base units.

What is kg*m2/s2 ?

100

As you move left to right across a period, atomic radius generally does this.

What is decrease?

100
Share your favorite pneumonic device for increasing energy in the electromagnetic spectrum.

Here's mine: Raging Martians Invade Venus Using X-Ray Guns

100

This orbital is shaped like a sphere

What is an s orbital?

200
This is the number of significant figures in 50200

What is three?

The trailing zeros are not significant since there is no decimal present.

200

The weight of one mole of iron.

What is 55.845 g?

200

This is the direction that an electron travels in an absorption electron transition.

What is up?

will also accept

What is from low to high energy?


200

As effective nuclear charge increases, electrons are attracted to the nucleus more or less strongly?

What is more strongly?

200
Are you more likely to be harmed by exposure to a microwave or X-ray machine?

Why?

X-ray.

X-ray radiation has higher energy.

200

How many electrons can fit in the n=3 shell?

What is 18 electrons?
300

This is the number of kg in 2.525 μg

What is 2.525 x 10-3 kg?

300

The number of moles of Ca in 1.927 x 1024 atoms of calcium.

What is 3.200 moles?

300

Convert 1.87*1019 eV to Joules.

Hint: 1.602 x 10-19J = 1 eV

What is 3 Joules

300

Which has the larger radius: Na or Na+

What is Na?

300

How are energy and frequency related? Which equation tells you this?

Directly proportional. E=hv

300

This quantum number describes the shape of an orbital.

What is angular momentum?


400

This is the number 003903000 in scientific notation (with correct significant figures)

What is 3.903*106?

400

This is the number of H2O molecules in a snowflake weighing 1 mg.

Hint: The mass of H2O is 18.02 g/mol

What is 3 x 1019 H2O molecules?

400

This is the frequency of a photon that has a wavelength of 420 nm.

What is 7.1x1014Hz?

(units could also be "1/s" or "s-1)

400

This is the isotopic symbol for an element with 71 protons and 104 neutrons.

400

How are energy and wavelength related? How do you know.

Inversely proportional. Wavelength and frequency are inversely proportional.

400

Which set of quantum numbers is not allowed:

Set A: n=3, l = 2, ml=+1, ms = +1/2

Set B: n=2, l = 2, ml=0, ms = -1/2  

What is Set B?

500

____ cm3 of water in 30 mL of water.

(hint: 1000 L = 1 m3)

What is 30 (cm3 of water)?

500

The number of moles of copper in a cube of copper metal with an edge length of 1.00 in.

Hint: 1 in = 2.54 cm, density of copper= 8.92 g/cm3

What is 2.30 moles of copper?

500

Bonus (because generally, I would just tell you that this is the frequency): The energy of a photon whose wave peaks pass a given point every 8.00 x 1014 s.

What is 5.30 x 10-19 J?

500

Ne, F-, and Na+ all have the same number of electrons. These species are called?

Which has the smallest radius?

What is isoelectronic?

What is Na+?

500

How do you find wavelength if you know energy?

E=hc/wavelength

500

Write the full and simplified (noble gas) electron configuration for phosphorus.

1s22s22p63s23p3

[Ne]3s23p3