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Where do electrons tend to settle?
Electrons tend to settle in energy levels around an atom's nucleus. These energy levels are called orbitals, which can hold a specific number of electrons based on their energy. Electrons will fill the lowest energy levels first before moving to higher energy levels.
How are electrons arranged in the atom?
Electrons are arranged in energy levels or shells around the nucleus of an atom. The first shell can hold up to 2 electrons, while the second and third shells can hold up to 8 electrons each. The electrons fill up the shells in order of increasing energy levels.
What arrangement of electrons around atomic nucleus?
Electrons are arranged in energy levels or shells around the atomic nucleus. The first energy level can hold up to 2 electrons, the second can hold up to 8, the third up to 18, and so on. These energy levels are further divided into sublevels (s, p, d, f) which determine the specific shapes and orientations of the electron clouds.
How are electrons in atom organized?
Electrons occupied certain discrete energy levels around the nucleus.
How do energy levels of electrons compare?
Each electron orbit has a definite amount of energy, and the farther away the electron is from the nucleus, the greater is the energy level. The first level can hold two electrons, the second can hold up to eight, the third can hold up to eight as well, etc... ^.^
What is the arrangement of electrons in the electron cloud?
The electron configuration of an atom is the arrangement of electrons in the electron cloud around the nucleus of the atom. This is an indication of the different orbitals that are occupied by electrons in the atom.
How are electrons structured in an atom?
Electrons are structured in specific energy levels or electron shells around the nucleus of an atom. These energy levels can hold a specific number of electrons, with the innermost shell able to hold up to 2 electrons and subsequent shells having higher capacities. Electrons in an atom occupy the lowest possible energy levels before filling higher-energy levels.
What is the regions where electrons are located?
Electrons are located in specific energy levels around the nucleus of an atom. These regions are known as electron shells or orbitals. Each shell can hold a certain number of electrons based on its energy level.
Why do you suppose that an energy level close to the nucleus can hold fewer electrons than one farther away from the nucleus?
Energy levels close to the nucleus have lower energy, which means electrons are more tightly bound and experience stronger electrostatic attraction to the nucleus. This results in a limited capacity for electrons at lower energy levels. As electrons move to higher energy levels, they are farther from the nucleus and experience weaker attraction, allowing for higher electron capacity.
What does an atom contain in various energy levels?
The question is somewhat unclear, so my answer may be off. Energy levels in discussion of atomic structure typically refer to the structure of the electron cloud. Around an atoms nucleus are a series of orbitals in which electrons can be stored - they require greater amounts of stored energy to contain at higher orbitals. As such, each orbital fills from the innermost ring out. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_orbital for the discussion of atomic orbitals on wikipedia. Each orbital refers to a specific energy level.
Why a stairway is a good model for the energy levels in a atom?
A stairway is a good model for the energy levels in an atom because there is a 'main floor' ( the nucleus ) and steps ( the energy levels ). The nucleus is the start of the stairway of the energy levels, and the other energy levels go off of the nucleus. The first energy level can hold 2 electrons, the second energy level can hold 8. The third energy level can hold 18, and the fourth energy level can hold 32 electrons. In order for an element to be as stable as a noble gas, the outermost energy level has to be full, so sometimes an atom will gain or lose electrons to fill it's outer energy level. Other times it might share electrons with other atoms, so that they don't have to gain or lose a lot of electrons. An example of this would be H2O ( water ). There is one oxygen atom with two hydrogen atoms connected to it, and sharing their electrons with each other.
What are the spheres surrounding the nucleus that contains an atom's electrons?
The spheres surrounding the nucleus of an atom are called protons and neutrons, protons hold the electrons in orbit around the nucleus because a proton has a positive charge which attracts the electron which has a negative charge causing electromagnetic force which holds the electron in orbit. The neutron determines the isotope of the atom but has a neutral charge.
