How will you describe the pattern as electrons are distributed?
In a simple way, you can say, electrons are arranged around an atom's nucleus.
When electrons are near the nucleus, have the lowest energy. Electrons further aways will have higher energy.
We can say electrons are in different shells with different energy. Inside those shells, electrons are in subshells too.
Then you have some numbers that describe the completly characteristics of an electron in an atom.
They are called Quantum Numbers. They are four
1) The principal Quantum number (n): describes the energy of an electron and the most probable distance of the electron from the nucleus. In other words, it refers to the size of the orbital and the energy level an electron is placed in.
2) The number of subshells or (l): describes the shape of the orbital. It can also be used to determine the number of angular nodes.
3) The magnetic Quantum number (ml): describes the energy levels in a subshell. (Remember we have shells and inside of them we have subshells)
4) The Spin of the Electron (ms): refers to the spin of the electron which can either be up or down.
