1. What is the total number of electrons that occupy a shell,n?
2. List the relative energies for the different subshells.
3. What are the relative energies of orbitals within ashell?
4. How many electrons can be accommodated in each orbitalorientation?
5. How many s-orbitals are there in a shell?
6. How many p-, d- and f- orbitals are there in a givenshell?
7. What is an abbreviated or condensed electronconfiguration?
8. Why is it important to identify valence electrons?
9. Define:
-Transition metals
-Main group elements
10. How do metallic behavior and electron configurationrelate?
11. How does one specifically determine the anomalousconfigurations of transition
and inner transition elements?
12. How does electron configuration relate to atomicproperties?
13. What is the atomic radius (bonding atomic radius or covalentradius)?
14. What must you consider when comparing atoms for size(radius)?
15. What is ionic radius?
16. What must you consider when comparing ions for size?
17. How do you determine the magnetic properties of an atom?
18. What are successive ionization energies?
19. What are the trends in the second ionization energy?
20. What is oxidation? Reduction?
21. What is the trend for metallic reactivity? What is its trendon the periodic table?
22. What is the trend for the nonmetallic character? What is itstrend on the periodic
table?
23. What is electronegativity? What is its trend on the periodictable?
