Nature of Light
Laws, Theories and Principles
Electrons and Models
Energy and Orbitals
Configurations
100
The three main characteristics of light
What are wavelength, frequency and speed.
100
States that a maximum of two electrons may occupy a single atomic orbital, but only if the electrons have opposite spin
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 number of electrons in the highest energy level of an oxygen atom
What is 6 electrons
200
A spectrum formed due to the dispersion of white light when it is passed through a prism. This dispersion of light has no breaks in frequencies.
What is the continuous light 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
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s1 3d5
What is the configuration for chromium?
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
300
2n^2 equals the maximum number of these per 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 gains energy
What is the atomic emission spectrum
400
The emitted radiations generated when an electron drops from a higher level 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.
What is the probability of finding an electron within a particular volume of space around the nucleus.
400
The correct order of electron orbitals from lowest energy to highest energy.
What is an electron configuration
400
The ground state electron configuration of this element is 1s²2s²
What is lithium
500
The frequency in MHz of 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. Planck's contant=6.626 x 10^-34 j*s
What is 3.02 ´ 10^–19 J
500
The orbital xyz notation electron configuration of Chlorine
What is 1s2 2s2 2px2 2py2 2pz2 3s2 3px2 3py2 3pz1