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Study guide chapters 4 and 5 (Atomic structure)

1. All atomic models.


2. All the scientists and their discoveries.
3. State the number of each subatomic particle(electron, protons and neurons) given the chemical
symbol of an atom.
4. charge, mass and location of the electron, proton and neutron
5. calculating atomic mass using the formula: mass x % abundance- Do 1 problem from the text
book.
6. atomic mass unit
7. electromagnetic radiation
8. frequency and wavelength problems. Do 1 problem from the textbook.
9. relationship between frequency and wavelength.
10. List the different types of sublevels and their orbitals.
11. Write the electron configuration for any element in the periodic table.
12. Given the electron configuration identify the element.
13. Define valence electrons; relate the number of valence electrons of an element to the group
number.
14. Draw Lewis dot structures.
15. Three isotopes of hydrogen

1. Which atomic particles have the same mass?

2. What information is given by the atomic number of an element?

3. What information is given by the mass number of an element?

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:

electrons protons neutrons


17
a. Cl35.45
12
b. Mg24.30
87
c. Sr38
6. For the following, write the complete chemical symbol:
a. p = 17 n = 20 , e = 17

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?

9. How is the frequency and energy 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?

16. How many orbitals can the s sub-level hold? --------------

17. How many orbitals can the p sub-level hold? ------------

18. How many orbitals can the d sub-level hold? -----------

19. How many orbitals can the f sub-level hold? ------------

20. What is the maximum number of electrons a s sublevel can hold?----------

21. What is the maximum number of electrons a p sublevel can hold?---------

22. What is the maximum number of electrons a d sublevel can hold?---------

23. What is the maximum number of electrons a f sublevel can hold?---------

24. What is the maximum number of electrons in energy level 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 ? ------ ------ ------
------

25. Write the electron configuration for the following elements:

a. Nitrogen --------------------------------------------------------
b. Aluminum -------------------------------------------------------

c. Calcium -------------------------------------------------------

26. Draw the orbital diagram for the following elements:

a. Nitrogen

b. Oxygen

c. Neon

27. Give the number of valence electrons for each of the elements in 25 and 26.

25. a. ---------- b. --------- c. ------------

26. a. --------- b. -------- c. -----------

28. Identify the name of the element with each of the following electron configurations.

a. 1s2 2s2

b. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2

c. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2

d. 1s2 2s2 2p5

e. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 4p1

29. Draw the Lewis dot structure for the following elements:

Be Li Mg Ne Al N

30. Which of the following represents a pair of isotopes?

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

33. Light is said to have properties of both particles and


a. waves
b. charges
c. electrons
d. colors

34. The element that contains an electron in a p sublevel is


a. Mg
b. O
c. Na
d. all of the above.

35. An atom in the ground state


a. is giving off electromagnetic radiation
b. has all the highest energy levels occupied
c. has all the lowest energy levels occupied
d. has absorbed a quantum of energy

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 =

42. Discovered the neutron _____________________

43. Light moves as particles and waves ____________________

44. All matter is composed of atoms ______________________

45. Planetary model of the atom _______________________

46. Energy is emitted in specific packets called Quanta _________________.

47. Discovered the electron ________________

48. Discovered the proton _________________

49. Atom is empty space with nucleus in the middle ------------------------


Home work Name ------------------

1. Write the electron configuration of the following elements:

a. Neon --------------------------------------------------------------------

b. potassium --------------------------------------------------------------

c. Calcium --------------------------------------------------------------

d. sodium ---------------------------------------------------------------

2. Draw the orbital diagram for the following elements:

a. fluorine

b. Oxygen
c. argon

3. Give the number of valence electrons for each of the elements in 1 and 2.

1. a. ---------- b. --------- c. ------------ d. --------------

2. a. --------- b. -------- c. -----------

4. Identify the name of the element with each of the following electron configurations.

a. 1s2 2s1 ------------------

b. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1 ---------------------------------

c. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 --------------------------------------

d. 1s2 2s2 2p4 ----------------------------------------------

e. 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 4p1 -------------------------------------------------

5. Write electron configuration using core notation or noble gas notation:

a. Potassium--------------------------------------------------

b. sodium --------------------------------------------------

c. lithium---------------------------------------------------

d. aluminum ------------------------------------------------

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