d and f BLOCK ELEMENTS Quiz

• Effective shielding by d electrons
• Poor shielding by d electrons and increasing nuclear charge
• Decreasing nuclear charge
• Increasing number of electron shells

• Number of valence electrons
• Series of the element (first, second, third)
• Electronegativity
• Boiling point

• Atomic radii decrease
• Atomic radii remain the same
• Atomic radii increase
• Atomic radii fluctuate randomly

• s electrons
• p electrons
• d electrons
• f electrons

• Variation within a series is very large
• Variation within a series is quite small
• Variation is the same in all cases
• It depends on the specific element