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ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ATOMS
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS
1 The emission line spectrum of hydrogen derives from the energies given out when
A electrons move to energy levels closer to the nuclei of the atoms.
B electrons move to energy levels further away from the nuclei of atoms.
C hydrogen atoms lose electrons to form ions.
D hydrogen ions gain electrons to form atoms.

2 How many lines could be produced by all the possible electronic transitions between
the first five energy levels in the hydrogen atom?
A 4
B 5
C 8
D 10

3 Which of the following electronic transitions in hydrogen atom produces the line with
the shortest wavelength in the hydrogen spectrum?
A n2 → n1
B n3 → n2
C n4 → n3
D n5 → n2

4 The energy level diagram for a hydrogen atom shows several electronic transitions with
frequencies f1, f2, f3, f4 and f5.

Which of the following statements is true of the above diagram?
A f1 represents the convergence limit of the Lyman series.
B f1, f2 and f3 represent lines in the visible spectrum.
C f3 represents the line with the longest wavelength.
D f4 and f5 are used to calculate the difference between the energy levels of n = 3 and
n = 4.

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 5 The diagram below shows the lines in the visible region of the hydrogen spectrum.

Which of the following electronic transitions between energy levels produces the line Z?
A n3 → n1
B n4 → n1
C n4 → n2
D n6 → n2

6 Which statement is not true about s, p and d orbitals?

A Three 2p orbitals have the same shape and energy.
B The size of 1s orbital is smaller than that of 2p orbitals.
C 2s orbital is non-directional whereas 2px orbital is directional.
D Vacant 3d orbitals are at a lower energy level than a vacant 4s orbital.

STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
1 (a) Sodium-24 isotope is used in medicine to study the blood circulatory system.
  (i)  Write the electronic configuration of sodium-24 isotope.
  (ii)  How many orbitals of sodium-24 isotope are fully filled?
(iii)  State the orbitals of sodium-24 which contain valence electrons.
(iv)  State one reason why sodium-24 isotope is rarely found in its natural state.
(b) The proton number of iron is 26.
(i)  Write the electronic configuration of the Fe2+ and Fe3+ ions.
(ii) Based on the electronic configuration above, which ion is more stable? Explain
your answer.

ESSAY QUESTIONS
1 (a) Explain the formation of the emission spectrum of hydrogen atom.
(b) State the energy level transitions of an electron that can produce the Lyman series
in an emission spectrum of the hydrogen atom, and give three characteristics of the
series.
(c) State the differences between the Lyman series and the Balmer series.

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 ANSWERS
Multiple-choice questions
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 D 5 C 6 D

Structured questions
1 (a) (i) 24Na: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s1
(ii) 5 orbitals
(iii) 3s1
(iv) 24
Na is an unstable radioisotope with a short half-life.
(b) (i) Fe2+: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d6
Fe3+: 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 3d5
(ii) Fe3+ ion is more stable because it has stable half-filled d orbitals.

Essay questions
1 (a) When sufficient energy is supplied to a hydrogen atom at ground state, the electron absorbs
energy and is excited to a higher energy level.
The electron is unstable in the excited state. As the electron drops to a lower energy level,
the excess energy is emitted in the form of radiation with a certain frequency, as given in
the equation:
∆E = hf (∆E = difference in energy, h = Plank’s constant, f = frequency)
The emitted energy is seen as a line in the spectrum.
(b) Lyman series involves the transition of electrons from higher energy levels n > = 2 to n = 1
Lyman series consists of discrete lines and falls in the uv region.
The spaces between the lines get closer toward higher frequencies.
(c) Electronic transition of Lyman series is from energy levels n = 2, 3 … to n = 1 while Balmer
series is from n = 3, 4 … to n = 2.
Lyman series falls in the uv region while Balmer series falls in the visible region.
The radiation from the Lyman series have higher energy than those of the Balmer series.

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