Topic: Electronic Configuration (Each Question carries 01 mark) Name of the Student: ************************************* 1.

How many valence electrons are found in an atom of Cl?

2. How are the 3s and 4s sublevels of an atom different?

3. What orbital characteristic is indicated by the magnetic quantum number?

4. The shape of an orbital is indicated by what quantum number?

5. How many orbitals are contained in the 4p sublevel?

6. Enter the symbol for the element represented by each of the following ground state configurations for the neutral atom. 1s22s22p5 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p2 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d5 [Xe] 6s24f145d10 7. In which group of the Periodic Table do the elements have an electron configuration which ends with the following sublevel notations? Write your answers using the group numbers 1 to18. p3 s1 p6 s2 p1 p4 8. What is the electron configuration of each of the following elements? Use the noble gas abbreviation of the configuration. Enter the sublevels in the order in which they are filled. For example, write your answer using the format [Ar]4s2 3d10 4p2 Li S Ca Co

9. What is the electron configuration of each of the following elements? Use the noble gas abbreviation of the configuration. Enter the sublevels in the order in which they are filled. For example, type your answer using the format [Ar]4s2 3d10 4p2 Ga In Sc Cs 10. How many unpaired electrons are present in each of the following elements? write your answers as numerals. Al V As Ba 11. Identify the elements having the electron configurations below. Write the symbol for the element. You may use the Periodic Table. [Ne]3s23p2 [Ar]4s23d8 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d2 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p6 12. According to the Paulie exclusion principle, a given orbital can contain how many electrons? 13. According to the Pauli Exclusion Principle, for the electrons within a given orbital what kind of spins they must have? 14. How many orbitals are contained in the 2s sublevel? Write their names. 15. How many orbitals are contained in the 2p sublevel? Write their names. 16. How many orbitals are contained in the 3d sublevel? Write their names. 17. How many orbitals are contained in the 4f sublevel? Write their names. 18. How many 3d electrons are found in each of the following elements? (a) Vanadium, Z= 23 (b) Iron, Z= 26 (c) Scandium, Z= 21 (d) Titanium, Z= 22 19. Write the full electron configuration for each of the following elements. (Write your answer using the format 1s2 2s2 2p6 etc.) for 1 (a) Krypton, Z= 36 (b) Carbon, Z= 6 (c) Neon, Z= 10 (d) Chlorine, Z= 17 20. An atom in its lowest possible energy state is said to be in which state?