DT Chemistry

30 important questions on DT Chemistry

According to the Bohr model, how does the electron circle the nucleus?

specific, allowed orbital

Louis de Broglie's research suggested that electrons should be considered as what? confined to the space around the nucleus.

waves

For matter, the wave nature only becomes important (and detectable) when the particle is?

Very Small
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The region outside the nucleus where an electron can most probably be found is the?

Electron Cloud

The size and shape of an electron cloud are most likely related to the electron's?

Energy

With the quantum model of the atom, scientists have some to believe that determining an electron's exact location around the nucleus is?

Impossible

The solutions to the Schrodinger wave equation are?

Wave Functions

A three dimensional region around the nucleus where an electron may be found is called a(n)?

Orbital

Unlike in a orbit, in an orbital an electron?

Doesn't Have Exact Location

A _____________ quantum number indicates the position of an electron about the three axes in space.

Magnetic

Quantum numbers are sets of numbers that describe the properties of atomic...

Orbitals

The number of sub levels within each energy level of an atom is equal to the value of ______ quantum number?

Principle

An electron for which n=4 has more_________than an electron for which n=2

Energy

What is the major difference between 1s orbital and a 2s orbital?

2s are a higher energy level

An orbital that could never exist according to the quantum description of the atom is 8s, 3d, 6d, or 3f?

3f

"orbitals of equal energy are each occupied by one electron before any is occupied by a second electron, and all electrons in singly accepted orbitals must have the same spin" is a statement of which rule?

Hund's Rule

That statement that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same four quantum number is known as?

Pauli Exclusion Principle

Which element has the electron configuration 1s^2, 2S^2, 2p^6, 3S^2, 3p^2?

Silicon

An element with 8 electrons in its highest main energy level is a?

Noble Gas

In the 3rd energy level, with which element do electrons first pair up in the p sub level?

Sulfer

When an electron moves from a lower to a higher energy level, the electron_________quantum energy.

Absorbs

The shape (not the size) of an electron cloud is determined by the electrons energy_______?

Level

The letter "p" in the symbol 4p^3 indicates the?

Orbital Shape

According to the aufbau principle, electrons enter orbitals of_____________energy first.

Lowest

On the periodic table, what information does the period number give you about the highest quantum (energy) level of electrons in atoms of that period?

The period number is highest

What is the electron configuration of Potassium?

[AR] 4s1

How are the frequency and wavelength of electromagnetic radiation related?

The shorter the wavelength, the higher the frequency

Which quantum leap would be the greatest? n=5 to n=1, n=4 to n=5, n=2 to n=5, n=5 to n=4

n=5 to n=1

What principle states that it is impossible to know both the position and momentum of a particle at the same time?  And Whose name does it bear?

Uncertainty Principle,  Heisenberg

What is the correct lewis electron dot structure for Germanium?

Gr  - (4 dots around)

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