ACTIVITY 2 - Orbitals
ACTIVITY 2 - Orbitals
ACTIVITY 2 - Orbitals
STUDY THE DIAGRAM BELOW, THEN COMPLETE THE TABLE THAT FOLLOWS
Student’s Task:
Compare the 4 energy levels of an atom by completing the table below.
Energy Levels and Electron Orbitals
Energy level Letters for Number of Number of Maximum number
(n) kinds of orbitals ( n2) orbitals and of electron it can
orbitals letter of each hold (2n2)
orbitals
1
Questions:
1. What is an electron orbital?
2. What is the maximum number of electrons for each orbital?
3. What is the formula for finding the number of orbitals?
4. What is the formula for finding the number of electrons each principal energy level can
hold?
ACTIVITY 2: GROUP 2
Direction: Analyze the table below. Then, complete the paragraph that follows.
Table 1
Energy Levels and Electron Orbitals
Energy level Letters for Number of Number of Maximum number
(n) kinds 2
of orbitals ( n ) orbitals and letter of electron it can
orbitals of each orbitals hold (2n2)
1 S 1 1 :s 2
2 Sp 4 4: s ppp 8
3 Spd 9 9: s ppp ddddd 18
4 Spdf 16 16:s ppp ddddd 32
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Student’s Task:
Complete the paragraph below. Refer to table 1 for your answer.
Questions:
5. What is an electron orbital?
6. What is the maximum number of electrons for each orbital?
7. What is the formula for finding the number of orbitals?
8. What is the formula for finding the number of electrons each principal energy level can
hold?