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Questions and Answers
  • 1. 

    What is the product of frequency and wavelength equal to?

    • A.

      Speed of light

    • B.

      Speed of wave

    • C.

      Speed of sound

    • D.

      Lamda

    Correct Answer
    A. Speed of light
  • 2. 

    What do all forms of electromagnetic radiation have that is THE SAME?

    • A.

      They all have the same energy

    • B.

      The same wavelength

    • C.

      The same number of electrons

    • D.

      The same speed

    Correct Answer
    D. The same speed
  • 3. 

    Lower frequency is equal to:

    • A.

      Shorter wavelegnth

    • B.

      Shorter equations

    • C.

      Longer wavelegnth

    • D.

      Equal wavelengths

    Correct Answer
    C. Longer wavelegnth
  • 4. 

    What is the wavelegnth? 

    • A.

      Distance between two consecutive peaks on waves that are two waves apart from one another

    • B.

      Distance between two peaks on waves

    • C.

      Distance between two consecutive peaks on adjacent waves

    • D.

      Distance between the top and the bottom of a wave

    Correct Answer
    C. Distance between two consecutive peaks on adjacent waves
  • 5. 

    What is also the name of a photon?

    • A.

      An electron

    • B.

      A quantum of electromagnetic radiation

    • C.

      A wavelegnth

    • D.

      A quantum of an orbital

    Correct Answer
    B. A quantum of electromagnetic radiation
  • 6. 

    The photoelectric effect does not explain what?

    • A.

      Why the bengals are so bad this year

    • B.

      The hydrogen model of the atom

    • C.

      The particle model of light

    • D.

      The wave model of light

    Correct Answer
    D. The wave model of light
  • 7. 

    Hi, I'm an electron and I'm traveling from an excited state to a ground state. What do I do in the process?

    • A.

      Release momentum

    • B.

      Release energy

    • C.

      Release electrons

    • D.

      Absorb energy

    Correct Answer
    B. Release energy
  • 8. 

    Hi, I'm an electron and I'm traveling from the ground state to an excited state. What do I do in the process?

    • A.

      Absorb food

    • B.

      Release energy

    • C.

      Absorb energy

    • D.

      Release a hydrogen atom

    Correct Answer
    C. Absorb energy
  • 9. 

    What is the lowest energy called that an electron can have?

    • A.

      All of the below

    • B.

      E=1

    • C.

      N=1

    • D.

      Ground state

    Correct Answer
    A. All of the below
  • 10. 

    Who said electrons should be considered as waves confined to the space around an atomic nucleus?

    • A.

      Bohr

    • B.

      Louis De Broglie

    • C.

      Shroedinger

    • D.

      Heisenburg

    Correct Answer
    B. Louis De Broglie
  • 11. 

    What did Shroedingers wave equation say?

    • A.

      It said what Bohrs hyrogen model said

    • B.

      Only waves of specific frequencies and energies provide solutions to the equation

    • C.

      Only b

    • D.

      B and a

    Correct Answer
    C. Only b
  • 12. 

    What is the difference between an orbital and orbit?

    • A.

      An orbit is a "fake" thing

    • B.

      They are the same

    • C.

      Orbit is the 3- d space, and orbital is path of electron

    • D.

      Orbital is the 3- d space, and orbit is path of electron

    Correct Answer
    D. Orbital is the 3- d space, and orbit is path of electron
  • 13. 

    How many quantum numbers are there?

    • A.

      4

    • B.

      5

    • C.

      3

    • D.

      2

    Correct Answer
    A. 4
  • 14. 

    What does the principle quantum number say about an electron?

    • A.

      The type of spin

    • B.

      The shape

    • C.

      The energy level

    • D.

      The energy emitted

    Correct Answer
    C. The energy level
  • 15. 

    What is the cursive L ? in terms of quantum numbers

    • A.

      Principle

    • B.

      Momentum

    • C.

      Magnetic momentum

    • D.

      Angular momentum

    Correct Answer
    D. Angular momentum
  • 16. 

    What quantum number denotes the shape of the orbital?

    • A.

      Angular momentum

    • B.

      Principle

    • C.

      Spin

    • D.

      Magnetic

    Correct Answer
    A. Angular momentum
  • 17. 

    When n=3 what can the angular momentum numbers be? 

    • A.

      0,2

    • B.

      0,1,2

    • C.

      0,1

    • D.

      0,1,2,3

    Correct Answer
    B. 0,1,2
  • 18. 

    How many spins can an electron have?

    • A.

      -1/2

    • B.

      +1/2

    • C.

      2

    • D.

      1

    Correct Answer
    C. 2
  • 19. 

    Which has more energy?

    • A.

      N=1

    • B.

      N=3

    • C.

      N=4

    • D.

      N=5

    Correct Answer
    D. N=5
  • 20. 

    What is the shape of a p orbital? An s orbital? 

    • A.

      Sphere and a larger sphere?

    • B.

      Dumbell, sphere

    • C.

      Sphere, dumbell

    • D.

      Ms watson didnt say

    Correct Answer
    B. Dumbell, sphere
  • 21. 

    Total number of orbitals for an s sublevel is:

    • A.

      7

    • B.

      1

    • C.

      3

    • D.

      5

    Correct Answer
    B. 1
  • 22. 

    How many total orbitals are there when n=3?

    • A.

      9

    • B.

      5

    • C.

      7

    • D.

      16

    Correct Answer
    A. 9

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