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    - The experiment involved dropping a pencil 100 times from different distances from a target drawn on paper to simulate the probability of finding an electron in different atomic shells. - The results showed that the probability of finding a dot (representing an electron) was highest at a distance of 5 inches from the center, similar to how electrons are more likely to be found in outer shells than inner shells of an atom. - As the distance from the center increased, the number of dots per unit area decreased, mirroring how electrons in inner shells of an atom are more concentrated than those in outer shells.

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    - The experiment involved dropping a pencil 100 times from different distances from a target drawn on paper to simulate the probability of finding an electron in different atomic shells. - The results showed that the probability of finding a dot (representing an electron) was highest at a distance of 5 inches from the center, similar to how electrons are more likely to be found in outer shells than inner shells of an atom. - As the distance from the center increased, the number of dots per unit area decreased, mirroring how electrons in inner shells of an atom are more concentrated than those in outer shells.

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    - The experiment involved dropping a pencil 100 times from different distances from a target drawn on paper to simulate the probability of finding an electron in different atomic shells. - The results showed that the probability of finding a dot (representing an electron) was highest at a distance of 5 inches from the center, similar to how electrons are more likely to be found in outer shells than inner shells of an atom. - As the distance from the center increased, the number of dots per unit area decreased, mirroring how electrons in inner shells of an atom are more concentrated than those in outer shells.

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    NAME: ______________________________ SECTION: __________________ DATE: _________________SCORE: ________

    UNIT 2 Activity 2: PREDICTING THE PROBABLE LOCATION OF


    MODULE 1 AN ELECTRON

    Describe how it is likely to find the electron in an atom by probability.

    Materials:
    One sheet of short bond paper pencil compass graphing paper ruler

    Procedure:
     Working with group mates, draw a dot on the center of the sheet of paper.
     Draw 5 concentric circles around the dot so that the radius of each circle is 1 cm, 3cm, 7cm, and 9cm from the
    dot
     Tape the paper on the floor so that it will not move
     Stand on the opposite side of the target from your partner. Hold a pencil at chest level above the center of the
    circles you have drawn
     Take turns dropping the pencil so that it will leave 100 dots on the circles drawn on paper
     Count the number of dots in each circle and record that number on the data table
     Calculate the number of dots per square centimeter (cm2)
     Using a graphing paper, plot the average distance from the center on the x-axis and number of dots per sq.cm
    on the y-axis

    9cm
    1cm

    3cm
    7cm

    5m

    Questions:

    1. What happens to the number of dots per unit area as the distance of the dots go farther from the
    center? ________________________________________________________________________________________
    2. Determine the percent probability of finding a dot in each of the circle drawn on the target by
    multiplying no. of dots by the total number of dots
    3. Based on your graph, what is the distance with the highest probability of finding a dot? Show this
    on your graph. _________________________________________________________________________________
    4. How many dots are found in the area where there is highest probability of finding dots?
    ________________________________________________________________________________________________
    5. How are your results similar to the distribution of electrons in an atom?
    ________________________________________________________________________________________________
    Q4: How many dots are found in the area where there is the highest probability of finding
    dots?

    Q1: What happens to the number of dots per unit area as the distance of dots go farther from
    the center?

    - As the distance of dots go farther from the center, number of dots decreases.

    CONCLUSION

    Objective: Describe how it is likely to find the electron in an atom by probability

    - Based on our graph, the distance with the highest probability of finding a dot is 5 inches.

    Q3: Based on your graph, what is the distance with the highest probability of finding a dot?
    Show this on your graph.

    Activity 2: Predicting the Probable Location of an Electron


     - Our results are similar to the distribution of electrons in an atom in the way that electron in outer shells have higher average
    number than those in the innest shells. But in our case, the number of electrons in each shells, which are represented by dots
    and circles and suddenly decreases. So, we can say that our results are slighty similar to the distribution of electrons in an
    atom

    - The number of dots with the highest probability is 28.

    Q2: Determine the percent probability of finding a dot in each of the circle drawn on the
    target by multiplying no. of dots/cm ( D ) by the total number of dots ( 100 ).

     Electrons in outer shells have higher average energy and travel farther from the nucleus than those in inner shells. This makes
    them more important in determining how the atom reacts chemically and behaves as a conductor. In this way, a given
    elements reactivity is highly dependent upon its electronic configuration.
     Electrons revolve around the nucleus in different energy levels or shells and each shell is associated with definite energy. The
    energy of the K-shell is the least while those of L, M, N, and O shells increases progresively.

    Q5: How are your results similar to the distribution of electrons in an atom?

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