TEST REV IEW

ELECTRONS AND THE PERIODIC TABLE

TOPICS TO STUDY (5.1)

• What is the quantum mechanical model?

• What are primary energy levels, sublevels, and atomic orbitals?

TOPICS TO STUDY (5.2)

• What are the three rules for writing electron configurations?

• Be able to write orbital diagrams and electron configurations for any element.

• What are valence electrons and why are they important?

• What are some ways of determining the number of valence electrons an element has?

TOPICS TO STUDY (6.1)

• Describe Mendeleev’s periodic table.

• What is the periodic law?

• Contrast metals, nonmetals, and metalloids.

TOPICS TO STUDY (6.2)

• Describe some properties of alkali metals, alkaline earth metals, halogens, noble gases, transition metals, and inner transition metals.

• What are the 4 “blocks” of the periodic table? What does that mean and how do you determine which block an element is in?