The shape of a 2s orbital resembles:

An ellipse

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Double dumbbell

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Double spherical

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A hockey stick

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Solution

The correct option is C
Double spherical

2s orbital is bigger and at higher energy than the 1s orbital. 2s has a region of high density near the nucleus. A spherical shell of electron density around the nucleus farther out, but a region between them is of low density.

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