Chemistry
NYOS School
Name____________________
Date ____________________
Quiz 4
E = h*
c = *
h = 6.626 x 10-34 Js
1 nm = 1 x 10-9 m
1. A photon of which form of “light” has the greatest energy?
a. microwaves
b. ultraviolet
c. visible light
d. all are the same
2. A photon of which form of “light” has the greatest frequency?
a. microwaves
b. ultraviolet
c. visible light
d. all are the same
3. A photon of which form of “light” has the greatest speed in a vacuum?
a. microwaves
b. ultraviolet
c. visible light
d. all are the same
4. What is the frequency of visible light whose wavelength is 400 nm? Show your work for full credit.
5. What is the energy of a photon of light whose frequency is 6.5 x 1016 Hz? Show your work for full
credit.
6. What is the energy of a photon of light whose wavelength is 600 nm? Show your work for full credit.
7. Which scientist modified Rutherford’s nuclear atom model to indicate that electrons could only be
found in quantized energy levels?
a. Heisenberg
b. Schrodinger
c. Bohr
d. deBroglie
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8. Which scientist proposed the idea that electrons can be thought of as both waves and particles?
a. Heisenberg
b. Schrodinger
c. Bohr
d. deBroglie
9. Match the symbols below to their definitions on the right.
__c
a. wavelength
__n
b. frequency
__E
c. speed of light
__
d. energy
__J
e. energy level
__
f. Planck’s constant
__h
g. unit of energy called a Joule
10. Which scientist said we cannot know with certainty exactly where an electron is once we observe it?
a. Heisenberg
b. Schrodinger
c. Bohr
d. deBroglie
11. Which particle absorbs and then releases energy (often in the form of visible light)?
a. electron
b. photon
c. neutron
d. proton
12. A ___________________ can be considered a “particle of light” (fill in the blank).
13. What color of light was emitted when we passed electricity through a dill pickle?
a. red
b. ultraviolet
c. blue
d. yellow
14. What metal ion was responsible for the light that was emitted when we passed electricity through a
dill pickle?
a. sodium
b. potassium
c. lithium
d. strontium
15. Energy levels where an electron can be found are also known as what?
a. orbitals
b. suborbitals
c. shells
d. seashells
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16. A pair of parentheses like this: ( ) is shorthand notation for which of the following?
a. energy level
b. suborbital
c. electron
d. proton
17. An arrow like this:  is shorthand notation for which of the following?
a. energy level
b. suborbital
c. electron
d. proton
18. The maximum number of electrons that can be placed into a suborbital is________________ (fill in
the blank with a number).
19. Which one of the following orbitals cannot be found on the third energy level?
a. s
b. p
c. d
d. f
20. Which one of the following orbitals is represented by drawing below?
a.
b.
c.
d.
s
p
d
f
21. What element is represented by the following orbital diagram?
() () ()()()
1s 2s
2p
a.
b.
c.
d.
neon
oxygen
phosporous
chlorine
22. Fill in the orbital diagram for aluminum, including the orbital notation below the orbitals (in other
words, place arrows in the parentheses and numbers in the diamonds).
( )
1s

( )
2s

( )( )( )

2p
( ) ( )( )( )
3s

3p

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23. How many unpaired electrons are there in the diagram you prepared for aluminum in question number
22?__________________
24. Examine the electron configuration shown below to decide which atom it corresponds to.
1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p2
a. sulfur
b. zinc
c. silicon
d. chlorine
25. Examine the noble gas short-hand electron configuration shown below to decide which atom it
corresponds to.
[Ne] 3s2 3p5
a. sulfur
b. zinc
c. silicon
d. chlorine
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