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?
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