Orbital Diagrams Rules and Principles

What is the maximum atomic number for which the aufbau diagram can be used to write ground-state electron configurations?

Which of the orbital diagrams is violating Pauli's Exclusions Principle?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• None of the above

Which of the orbital diagrams is violating Aufbau's Principle?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• None of the above

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NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Which of the orbital diagrams is violating Hund's Rule?

• A

• B

• C

• D

• None of the above

Which of the orbital diagrams is correct?

• Only C

• Only D

• Both C and D

• All of them

• Both B and D

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

Which element is the orbital diagram representing?

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Sulfur

• This is an invalid orbital diagram

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-1

Which rule/principle states that electrons in an orbital must have opposite spins?

• Aufbau

• Hund's

• Pauli Exclusion

• Mendeleev's

Which rule/principle states that orbitals must be singly occupied before doubly occupied?

• Aufbau

• Hund's

• Pauli Exclusion

• Mendeleev's

Which rule/principle states that electrons will fill the lowest energy orbital first?

• Aufbau

• Hund's

• Pauli Exclusion

• Mendeleev's

According to Aufbau, which of the following orbitals will fill first?

• 3d

• 4s

• 5s

• 4d