Study Guide Atomic Structure
Study Guide Atomic Structure
4. In a neutral atom of an element, the number of protons is always equal to the number of-------------.
5. For the following elements give the number of protons, electrons and neutrons:
b. p = 37, n = 48, e = 37
c. p = 16, n = 16, e = 16
d. p = 16, n = 20, e = 16
7. What is meant by the "wave particle duality" of light?
8. How is the frequency and wavelength related?
10. What is the difference between a continuous spectrum and line spectrum? (in other words, what
does a line spectrum tell us about the atom?
11. How does the quantum mechanical model(electron cloud model) differ from the Bohr model?
12. How many sub-levels are there in energy level 2 and name them?
13. How many sub-levels are there in energy level 3 and name them?
14. How many sub-levels are there in energy level 4 and name them?
15. How many sub-levels are there in energy level 1 and name them?
24. What is the maximum number of electrons in energy level 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 ? ------ ------ ------
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a. Nitrogen --------------------------------------------------------
b. Aluminum -------------------------------------------------------
c. Calcium -------------------------------------------------------
a. Nitrogen
b. Oxygen
c. Neon
27. Give the number of valence electrons for each of the elements in 25 and 26.
28. Identify the name of the element with each of the following electron configurations.
a. 1s2 2s2
29. Draw the Lewis dot structure for the following elements:
Be Li Mg Ne Al N
a. C , C
b. N , N
c. B , B
31. Which sublevels can be found in the third energy level of an atom?
a. s and p
b. s, p, and d
c. s
d. s, p, d, and g
32. A 3s orbital differs from a 2s orbital in that it is
a. smaller
b. larger
c. a different shape
d. more crowded
36. Protium, deuterium and tritium are isotopes of hydrogen. This means they all have the same? or
different?
number of protons ?
number of neutrons?
number of electrons?
mass number?
atomic number?
37. A ------------------ is the minimum amount of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom.
38. An atom with all the electrons in the lowest energy levels is in the ------------------- state.
39. An atom with all the electrons in the higher energy levels is in the ------------------- state.
40. An element has two isotopes X35 and X37 . The mass of X35 is 34.969amu and percent
abundance is 75.77 %. The mass of X37 is 36.966 amu and the % abundance is 24.23%.
Calculate the atomic mass and identify the element.
Atomic mass = mass X abundance.
41. What is the frequency of light with a wavelength of 4.2 x 10-7 meters? C =
a. Neon --------------------------------------------------------------------
b. potassium --------------------------------------------------------------
c. Calcium --------------------------------------------------------------
d. sodium ---------------------------------------------------------------
a. fluorine
b. Oxygen
c. argon
3. Give the number of valence electrons for each of the elements in 1 and 2.
4. Identify the name of the element with each of the following electron configurations.
a. Potassium--------------------------------------------------
b. sodium --------------------------------------------------
c. lithium---------------------------------------------------
d. aluminum ------------------------------------------------