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Which statement about electrons and atomic orbitals is not true?

An electron cloud represents all the orbitals in an atom.

An orbital can contain a maximum of two electrons.

An electron has the same amount of energy in all orbitals.

An atom’s lowest energy level has only one orbital.

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an orbital can contain a maximum of two election is the answer there can up to four and more
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Answer:

An electron has the same amount of energy in all orbitals.

Step-by-step explanation:

Electrons occupying different orbitals will have different specific energies. They all do not have the same energy.

It is true that the electron cloud represents all the orbitals in an atom.

Each orbital has two electrons is also true.

The lowest energy level has only one orbital and two electrons in that is also true. An electron always tends to occupy the lowest possible energy level.

The electron orbitals will each have a different energy. Each energy level has different number of electrons.

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