Nature of Light
Laws, Theories and Principles
Electrons and Models
Energy and Orbitals
Configurations
100
The four characteristics of light
What are amplitude, wavelength, frequency and speed. speed is always the same 3.00 X 10^8
100
Dtates that a maximum of two electrons may occupy a single atomic orbital, but only if the electrons have opposite
What is the Pauli Exclusion Principle
100
The electrons in an atoms outer most orbital
What are valence electrons
100
The number of orbitals possible in the third energy level
What are 9 orbitals
100
The Lewis dot structure of an oxygen atom
What is 6 electrons (two, two, one, one)
200
A spectrum formed due to the dispersion of light when it is passed through a prism. This dispersion of light is without any discontinuity in wavelength.
What is the continuous electromagnetic spectra
200
States that each electron occupies the lowest energy orbital available, called its ground state electron configuration
What is the Aufbau Principle
200
Model that treats electrons as waves and does not describe the electrons’ path around the nucleus
What is the Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom
200
A particle of electromagnetic radiation that has no mass and carries a quantum of energy
What is a photon
200
The number of valence electrons in a chlorine atom whose electron configuration is [Ne]3s23p5
What are 7 valence electrons
300
The wavelength of visible light with a frequency of 7.90 x 10^16 Hz
What is 3.80 X 10^-9 m
300
States that single electrons with the same spin must occupy each equal-energy orbital before additional electrons with opposite spins occupy the same orbitals.
What is Hund's Rule
300
This scientific principle states that it impossible to measure both the position and the velocity of an electron at the same time with accuracy
What is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Why is it impossible?
300
2n^2 equals the maximum number related to each principal energy level
What are electrons
300
The noble gas form of the electron configuration for sodium
What is [Ne]3s1
400
The unique visible light emitted by an atom that is explained by the particle nature of light
What is the atomic emission spectrum *depends the frequency of light*
400
The emitted radiations generated when an electron drops from infinity to level two in Bohr’s description of the hydrogen atom’s spectrum.
What is the Balmer Series
400
The solution of the Schrodinger wave equation, which is related to the probability of finding an electron within a particular volume of space around the nucleus.
What is the wave function
400
The correct order of electron orbitals from lowest energy to highest energy.
What is the Aufbau Diagram
400
The ground state electron configuration of this element is 1s²2s²
What is Neon
500
The frequency at which a radio station broadcasts when its wavelength is 2.441 m
What is 122.9 MHz
500
For a given frequency, n, matter can emit or absorb energy only in whole-number multiples
What is Planck's Theory
500
The model that treats electrons as particles traveling in specific circular orbits.
What is The Bohr Model
500
Tiny water droplets in the air disperse the white light of the sun into a rainbow. What is the energy of a photon from the red portion of the rainbow if it has a frequency of 4.57 x 10^14 Hz.
What is 3.02 ´ 10–19 J
500
The orbital notation electron configuration of Chlorine
What is 17 e-, 1s2, 2s2, 2p6, 3s2, 3p5