Appendix C: Oral Test

Name:_________________ ORAL TEST INTERVIEW

Sodium Electron Configuration

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s¹

What is an orbital?

What is / ?

What is \ ?

What is the difference between / and \?

What is O (1s)?

What is O (2s)?

What are O O O (2p)?

What is the difference between O (1s) and O (2s)?

Is there a difference between O (2px), O (2py), and O (2pz)?

If so, what is the difference?

Do the spins of the first electrons in O (2px), O (2py), and O (2pz) need to be different, the same, doesn't matter?

What is the path of the electron in the orbital?

Why can the 2p orbital have 6 electrons when the 1s and 2s orbitals can only have 2?

(on back of sheet)

Draw the shape that this [O (1s)] represents.

Draw the shape that this [O (2s)] represents.

Draw the shape that these [O (2px) O (2py) O (2pz)] represent.

Secondary questions:

What is the difference between two electrons in the same orbital?

Draw the shape of a 1s orbital:

Draw the shape of a 2s orbital:

Draw the shape of a 2p orbital:

What is the difference between 1s and 2s orbital?