Week 11: Electronic Structure of Atoms

Question 1

fixed distances from the nucleus of an atom where electrons may be found

Answer 1

ELECTRON LEVELS

Question 2

a volume of space within an atom where an electron is most likely to be found

Answer 2

orbital

Question 3

location of the electrons in the quantum mechanical model of the atom

Answer 3

electron cloud

Question 4

a model of the atom that derives from SCHRODINGER wave equation and deals with probabilities

Answer 4

quantum mechanical model

Question 5

gives only the probability of finding an electron at a given point around the nucleus

Answer 5

wave function

Question 6

energy comes in discrete packages

Answer 6

quanta

Question 7

statement that no two electrons can have the same four equation numbers

Answer 7

pauli exclusion principle

Question 8

discrete packet of energy

Answer 8

quantum

Question 9

a quantum of electromagnetic radiation

Answer 9

photon

Question 10

equation describing the state and evolution of a quantum mechanical system, given boundary conditions

Answer 10

Schrodinger’s equation

Question 11

number used when describing energy levels available to atoms and molecules

Answer 11

quantum number