Atomic Structure and Periodicity
GCE Chemistry

10 Atomic Structure and Periodicity practice questions covering everything you need for GCE.

Drill Atomic Structure and Periodicity

Sample Atomic Structure and Periodicity questions

Q12019· MEDIUM

a) State the Aufbau principle and use it to write the electronic configuration of the following elements: i) Calcium (Ca, Z = 20) ii) Iron (Fe, Z = 26) iii) Chlorine (Cl, Z = 17) b) i) Defin…

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Q22019· HARD

a) i) Explain what is meant by the term 'isotopes', giving TWO examples with their nuclide symbols. ii) Carbon has two stable isotopes: carbon-12 (abundance 98.89%) and carbon-13 (abundance 1.11%).…

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Q32024· EASY

The electronic configuration of an element is 1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s² 3p³. Which of the following correctly describes this element?

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Q42024· EASY

An element X has a mass number of 40 and 21 neutrons. The number of electrons in the X²⁺ ion is

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Q52021· HARD

The first ionization energies (in kJ mol⁻¹) of four successive elements in the same period are: 496, 738, 578, 786. Which of the elements has the lowest first ionization energy because it has a half-f…

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Q62022· MEDIUM

Which of the following pairs of elements have the same number of neutrons?

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Q72023· EASY

The atomic radius generally decreases across a period from left to right because

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Q82024· MEDIUM

How many orbitals are completely filled in an atom of calcium (Z = 20)?

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Q92021· MEDIUM

An element M has the electronic configuration [Ar] 3d⁶ 4s². Which of the following statements about M is CORRECT?

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Q102021· MEDIUM

Which of the following pairs of elements have the same number of neutrons?

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