Electron Configuration Crossword
Across
- 3. A sublevel containing three degenerate orbitals oriented orthogonally to each other.
- 4. The most complex sublevel with seven orbitals, starting from the fourth energy level.
- 6. The lowest energy sublevel found within an energy level, with a spherical shape.
- 8. A model of the atom developed by Niels Bohr where electrons are pictured as traveling in circles at different shells, instead of orbitals.
- 11. The arrangement of electrons in an atom's orbitals.
- 13. A principle stating that no two electrons in an atom can have the same four quantum numbers.
- 14. A mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of either one electron or a pair of electrons in an atom.
- 15. A subdivision of an atomic energy level that consists of orbitals of the same energy.
- 16. Level The fixed energy value that an electron in an atom can have.
Down
- 1. The rule stating that electrons will fill unoccupied orbitals before they pair up in orbitals.
- 2. A rule that electrons occupy the lowest energy orbital that can receive them.
- 5. Electrons in the outermost shell of an atom that are involved in forming bonds.
- 7. A subatomic particle with a negative charge, found in the electron cloud around an atom's nucleus.
- 9. A sublevel consisting of five orbitals, typically starting from the third energy level.
- 10. A region in an atom where there is a high probability of finding electrons.
- 12. A discrete packet of energy associated with electromagnetic radiation.