Chemistry I-Honors
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Chemistry I Honors: Chapters 4 and 5

Students should be able to...

(Multiple Choice)

• Find wavelength, amplitude, and frequency of a sine wave.

• Discuss the electromagnetic spectrum.

• Know the order of visible light by increasing energy (ROY G BIV)

• Define: ground state, excited state, Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion principle, Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, Hund’s rule, octet rule, valence

• Discuss particle-wave nature of light.

• Know the definitions of all four quantum numbers.

• Know the order of filling of the orbitals. (Aufbau/diagonal rule)

• Know the maximum number of electrons in each type of orbital.

• Find the maximum number of electrons in an energy level.

(Problems)

• Find electron configurations, both longhand and shorthand, for elements and ions

• Draw orbital diagrams for elements and ions

• Know d⁴ and d⁹ exceptions. (HONORS ONLY)

• Know the direction and reasoning behind periodic trends: atomic radius, ionic radius, 1st ionization energy, and electronegativity

  (Laboratory)

• Observe visible light emissions of excited electrons

• Observe various wavelengths of light and spectral lines (Virtual Lab)

  Practice Problems

  1. Write the diagonal rule.
  2. Write the complete electron configuration (longhand) for Li, Li⁺, Ar, Cr, Cu, and Se^-2
  3. Write the shorthand configuration for I, W, Au, Bi⁺³, and O^-2
  4. Draw the orbital diagram for N^-3, V, Cu, and S^-2
  5. Pick the largest atom: H or K
  6. Pick the smallest atom: K or Cr
  7. Pick the largest first ionization energy: Be or Mg
  8. Pick the largest first ionization energy: Si, S, or Cl
  9. Pick the smallest electronegativity: Te, Se, or O
  10. Pick the largest electronegativity: Al, Si, or S
  11. Pick the larger: K or K⁺
  12. Pick the smaller: Cl or Cl^-
  13. Explain why Sr is smaller than Rb.
  14. Explain why Cs is larger than Na.