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Calculate the wavelength of visible light having a frequency of 4.37 x 1014 s-1.
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| | A) | 12.0 nm
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| | B) | 343 nm
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| | C) | 686 nm
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| | D) | 674 nm
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| | E) | none of the above
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The frequency of electromagnetic radiation of wavelength 5.6 mm is
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| | A) | 5.4 x 107 Hz
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| | B) | 1.9 x 10-11 Hz
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| | C) | 5.4 x 1010 Hz
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| | D) | 1.1 x 108 Hz
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| | E) | none of the above
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The wavelength of a beam of light is 24 mm. What is the energy of one of its photons?
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| | A) | 5.3 x 10-47 J
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| | B) | 8.3 x 10-24 J
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| | C) | 5.3 x 10-45 J
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| | D) | -8.3 x 10-21 J
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| | E) | none of the above
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Refer to the absorption spectrum of chlorophyll a in Figure B7.4 in your textbook. Which of the following statements is false?
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| | A) | Chlorophyll a absorbs light of wavelengths between 400 and 480 nm.
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| | B) | Chlorophyll a absorbs light of wavelengths between 640 and 680 nm.
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| | C) | Chlorophyll a transmits light of wavelengths between 500 and 600 nm.
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| | D) | Chlorophyll a has a maximum absorbance at a wavelength near 450 nm.
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| | E) | Chlorophyll a has a maximum transmittance at a wavelength of 663 nm.
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The Rydberg equation, with n1 = 1, predicts an ultraviolet series of spectral lines of atomic hydrogen. Which of the following wavelengths is not predicted by the equation?
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| | A) | 182 nm |
| | B) | 103 nm |
| | C) | 97 nm |
| | D) | 95 nm |
| | E) | 91 nm |
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In Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom, the radius of an orbit
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| | A) | is proportional to n2.
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| | B) | is smallest for the highest energy state.
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| | C) | increases when a photon of light is emitted from an excited atom.
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| | D) | can have any value that is larger than the ground-state radius.
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| | E) | none of the above
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Calculate the frequency of the light emitted by a hydrogen atom during a transition of its electron from the n = 3 to n = 1 energy level, based on the Bohr theory.
Use the equation En = -2.18 x 10-18 J(1/n2)
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| | A) | 2.92 x 1015s-1 |
| | B) | 1.94 x 10-18s-1 |
| | C) | 3.21 x 1015s-1 |
| | D) | 3.05 x 10-15s-1 |
| | E) | Not enough information given to calculate answer.
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According to Bohr theory, which of the following transitions in the hydrogen atom will give rise to the least energetic photon?
Use the equation: En = (-2.18 x 10-18 J)(1/n2)
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| | A) | n = 5 to n = 3
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| | B) | n = 6 to n = 1
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| | C) | n = 4 to n = 3
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| | D) | n = 5 to n = 4
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| | E) | n = 6 to n = 5
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The de Broglie wavelength for a baseball moving at 25.0 m/s is 2 x 10-34 m. If a baseball could travel at the speed of light, what would be its de Broglie wavelength at that speed?
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| | A) | 1.7 x 10-41 m
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| | B) | 1.5 x 10-26 m
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| | C) | 1.7 x 10-43 m
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| | D) | 1.5 x 10-28 m
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| | E) | 1.5 x 10-24 m
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According to the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, if the uncertainty in the speed of an electron is
3.5 x 103 m/s, the uncertainty in its position (in m) is at least
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| | A) | 66 m
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| | B) | 17 m
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| | C) | 6.6 x 10-8 m
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| | D) | 1.7 x 10-8 m
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| | E) | none of the above
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Which of the following atoms is not a one-electron system?
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| | A) | H
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| | B) | He+ |
| | C) | Li2+ |
| | D) | Be2+ |
| | E) | O7+ |
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What value or values of ml are allowable for an orbital with l = 2?
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| | A) | 0
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| | B) | 2
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| | C) | -1
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| | D) | none of the above
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| | E) | all of the above
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According to the quantum-mechanical model, how many orbitals in a given atom have n = 3?
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| | A) | 4
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| | B) | 7
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| | C) | 9
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| | D) | 10
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| | E) | 18
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The nodes for a 3s atomic orbital are
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| | A) | two points near the nucleus and another point at an infinite distance from the nucleus.
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| | B) | three spherical solids.
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| | C) | one plane and two spheres.
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| | D) | two concentric circles.
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| | E) | two concentric spheres.
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Consider a 3dxz orbital. Which of the following statements is incorrect?
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| | A) | The xz plane is a nodal surface.
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| | B) | The xz plane divides the electron probability distribution into two identical mirror-image halves.
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| | C) | The xy plane divides the electron probability distribution into two identical mirror-image halves.
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| | D) | The yz plane divides the electron probability distribution into two identical mirror-image halves.
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| | E) | The nucleus is located at a node.
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