Scientist
Quantum model
Quantum numbers
Orbitals
Electron configuration
100

This physicist is known for his uncertainty principle.

Who is Werner Heisenberg?

100

This is the simplest atomic model, resembling a solar system.

What is the Bohr model?

100

This quantum number describes the size and energy of an orbital.

What is the principal quantum number (n)

100

These orbitals are spherical in shape.

What are s orbitals?

100

The electron configuration of helium is this.

What is 1s^2?

200

He is famous for his wave equation in quantum mechanics.

Who is Erwin Schrödinger?

200

The modern quantum mechanical model of the atom is based on this type of mechanics.

What is wave mechanics?

200

This quantum number can take on values of -1/2 or +1/2.

What is the spin quantum number (ms)?

200

These orbitals have a dumbbell shape.

What are p orbitals?

200

This rule states that electrons fill orbitals starting with the lowest energy levels first.

What is the Aufbau principle?

300

This scientist proposed the quantization of the electromagnetic field.

Who is Max Planck?

300

This term describes the regions in space where there is a high probability of finding an electron.

What are orbitals?

300

This quantum number defines the shape of an orbital.

What is the azimuthal quantum number (l)?

300

This type of orbital can be found in the third energy level (n=3).

What are s, p, and d orbitals?

300

The electron configuration of carbon (atomic number 6) is this.

What is 1s^2 2s^2 2p^2?

400

He introduced the idea of wave-particle duality.

Who is Louis de Broglie?

400

In quantum mechanics, this principle states that two identical fermions cannot occupy the same quantum state simultaneously.

What is the Pauli exclusion principle?

400

This quantum number determines the orientation of an orbital in space.

What is the magnetic quantum number (ml)?

400

These orbitals are characterized by having cloverleaf shapes.

What are d orbitals?

400

According to this rule, electrons fill degenerate orbitals singly first before pairing up.

What is Hund's rule?

500

She was awarded two Nobel Prizes, one for Physics and one for Chemistry, for her work on radioactivity.

Who is Marie Curie?

500

This interpretation of quantum mechanics suggests that all possible outcomes of a quantum event actually occur, in separate, non-communicating branches of the universe.

What is the many-worlds interpretation?

500

If n=4 and l=2, what are the possible values for ml?

What are -2, -1, 0, 1, 2?

500

What is the maximum number of electrons that can be held in a single f orbital?

What is 2?

500

Write the electron configuration for chromium (atomic number 24).

What is [Ar] 3d^5 4s^1?