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Across a period from left to right, the atomic radius generally:Read the answer and worked solution →Which element has the highest first ionization energy in period 2?Read the answer and worked solution →According to VSEPR theory, the shape of a molecule is determined byRead the answer and worked solution →The hybridisation of carbon in methane (CH₄) isRead the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, (ii), the Wurtz reaction uses which reagent + solvent for coupling alkyl halides?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the rate of HALOGENATION of alkanes (F₂, Cl₂, Br₂, I₂) decreases in which order?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the rate-determining intermediate in HBr + propene addition is which species?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, addition of water to ethyne in dilute H₂SO₄ with HgSO₄ catalyst gives which final product?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, halogenation, the role of anhydrous AlCl₃ (or FeCl₃) in benzene chlorination is which?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, which of the following groups is a META-directing substituent on benzene?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, halogens (-Cl, -Br) on benzene are which kind of directors despite their deactivating -I effect?Read the answer and worked solution →What is the valency of an element with electronic configuration 2, 8, 3?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of the following elements does not lose an electron easily?Read the answer and worked solution →Arrange the following elements in the order of their decreasing metallic character Na, Si, Cl, Mg, AlRead the answer and worked solution →Arrange the following elements in the order of their increasing non-metallic character Li, O, C, Be, FRead the answer and worked solution →On moving from left to right in a period in the periodic table, the size of the atom.Read the answer and worked solution →Order the atomic models as they were proposedRead the answer and worked solution →Match each scientist to their modelRead the answer and worked solution →Match each model to what it could NOT explainRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Rutherford's modelRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: Bohr's modelRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the reason Bohr's model failsRead the answer and worked solution →Which model does this belong to?Read the answer and worked solution →Match each quantum number to what it is calledRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the quantum mechanical modelRead the answer and worked solution →Order the structure: from atom down to electronRead the answer and worked solution →Complete the (n + l) ruleRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: orbital energiesRead the answer and worked solution →Match each rule to what it forbids or requiresRead the answer and worked solution →Tap every statement Hund's rule requiresRead the answer and worked solution →

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Across a period from left to right, the atomic radius generally:

  1. Decreases
  2. Remains constant
  3. Increases
  4. First increases then decreases
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Correct answer: A. Decreases

Atomic radius **decreases** from left to right across a period. Why: nuclear charge ($Z$) increases by 1 as you move right, pulling electrons closer. The added electron enters the same shell so screening barely increases — the net effect is stronger attraction and smaller radius. Across period 2: Li (152 pm) → Be → B → C → N → O → F (72 pm). Roughly halves. Down a group, atomic radius *increases* (electrons go into higher principal shells, further from nucleus).

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Which element has the highest first ionization energy in period 2?

  1. Carbon (C)
  2. Oxygen (O)
  3. Neon (Ne)
  4. Lithium (Li)
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Correct answer: C. Neon (Ne)

First ionization energy generally increases across a period because nuclear charge grows and atomic radius shrinks, making it harder to remove an outer electron. In period 2: Li (520) < Be (899) ≈ B (801) < C (1086) < N (1402) > O (1314) < F (1681) < **Ne (2081)** kJ/mol. Neon has the highest because it has a stable octet ($1s^2 2s^2 2p^6$, full $2p$). Removing an electron requires breaking that closed shell. Note two anomalies: B < Be (removing a $2p$ electron easier than $2s$) and O < N (paired $2p$ electron in O has extra repulsion).

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According to VSEPR theory, the shape of a molecule is determined by

  1. the colour of the element
  2. temperature
  3. repulsion between electron pairs around the central atom
  4. the atomic mass
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Correct answer: C. repulsion between electron pairs around the central atom

VSEPR: electron pairs (bonding + lone) arrange to minimise repulsion, fixing the molecular geometry.

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