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Electron Config.
Electron Configuration terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What shows the arrangement of electrons in the orbitals of an atom called? | electron configuration |
| What rule/principle states that an orbital can only contain 2 electrons with opposite spins? | Pauli exclusion principle |
| What rule/principle means to build or electrons fill orbitals starting at the lowest energy levels first building up to higher levels | Aufbau principle |
| What rule/principle says every orbital in a sub-level is singly occupied before a second electron can be added to an orbital? | Hund's rule |
| What does "ground state" of an atom is...? | lowest energy level of that atom |
| What are the 4 sub-levels called? | s, p, d, f |
| How many orbitals does an s sublevel have? | 1 |
| How many orbitals does a p sublevel have? | 3 |
| How many orbitals does a d sublevel have? | 5 |
| How many orbitals does an f sublevel have? | 7 |
| Each orbital can hold how many electrons? | 2 |
| What is the term for a positive ion? | cation |
| What is the term for a negative ion? | anion |
| These orbitals are dumbbell shaped. | p |
| An atom with one or more electrons in a higher energy level than normal | excited state |
| The period that an element is in tells us its ...? | highest energy level |
| The last digit of the column number that a main group element is in tells us the ...? | number of valence electrons |
| When electrons gain energy they move into ___________________ energy levels | higher |
| When excited electrons move back down into their normal configuration, they lose the extra energy by ...? | emitting light |
| The first energy level has how many sublevels? | 1 |
| The second energy level has how many sublevels? | 2 |
| The third energy level has how many sublevels? | 3 |
| The fourth energy level has how many sublevels? | 4 |