The Number of D Orbitals in the Second Principal Energy

question 32

Multiple Choice

The number of d orbitals in the second principal energy level is

• A) 2
• B) 6
• C) 10
• D) 14
• E) none of these

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Definitions:

Nucleic Acids

Biopolymers essential to all known forms of life, which carry genetic information in cells and are made up of sequences of nucleotides.

Adenine

One of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA that are represented by the letters G–C–A–T.

Nucleic Acids

Large biomolecules essential to all known forms of life, including DNA and RNA, which store and transmit genetic information.

Guanine

One of the four main nucleobases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.