Orbital Oddities
Name that Rule
"configuring things out"
"Ion the Prize"
Gaining "PES-pective"
100

The amount of electrons that the p sublevel can hold

What is 6 electrons?

100

What rule does this break?

[Ne] 3s2  3px2 3py1

What is Hunds Rule?

100

The number of orbitals in the P sub-level

What is 3 orbitals?

100

Noble gas configuration for Mo3+

What is [Kr] 4d3

(Remember Exception for groups 6 and 11)

100


This PES spectra has the configuration of...

What is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p1


200

This is the shape of the orbitals found in the p subshell.

What is dumbbell shape?

200

What rule does this violate?

1s2 2s2 2p6 3p3

What is Augbau Principle? 

200

What element is shown in the orbital diagram 

What is phosphorus? 

200

Electron configuration for Sc3+

1s22s22p63s23p6

200

PES states for this

What is Photoelectron Spectroscopy?
300

Energy level 3 can hold up to this many electrons

What is 18?

300

This rule states that only 2 electrons can occupy an orbital and each must have opposite spins.

What is Pauli Exclusion Principle?

300

This is the shape of the orbitals found in the d subshell, which can hold a total of 10 electrons.

What is double dumbbell?

300

Electron configuration for F-1

1s22s22p6

300


This graph shows what element?

What is Carbon

400

The noble gas configuration for Copper (Cu)

 What is [Ar] 4s1 3d10?

400

The rule described is...


What is Hund's rule? 

400

This element has the configuration of 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p6

What is Xe?

400

Electron configuration of Mg2+

What is 1s22s22p6

400

Which peak is likely to represent electrons that would most likely be removed when this atom forms an ion?


What is peak 3? 

500

This element's electron configuration [Ar] 3d104s1, results from a half filled s orbital and a fully filled d-subshell, making it more stable than the expected 4s23d9

What is silver or Ag

500

This rule states explains that the lowest energy level will be filled first

What is Aufbau?

500

These types of elements fill the f-block

What is lanthanides and actinides?

500
Ground state electron configuration of Fe2+ ion
What is 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d6?
500

The process in which electromagnetic radiation ejects electrons from a material

What is the Photoelectric Effect?