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ACTIVITY 2 - Orbitals

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ACTIVITY 2: GROUP 1

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.

Energy levels contain different numbers of __________. Different _________ are


used to represent each kind of orbital. The number of p orbitals is ________. There are
four orbitals in_______ energy level. The maximum number of electrons in an s orbital
is ____. A maximum of 10 electrons is present in the _____ orbitals. The F orbitals can
hold _______electrons. In an energy level with 9 orbitals, the orbitals are lettered
___________.

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?

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