Midterm- what do we need to know about atomic orbitals

[Sarah_Kang_2K]

For our upcoming midterm, what should we know about atomic orbitals?
In Outline 2, it says to be able to describe the interpretation of atomic orbitals in terms of probability.
Does this mean we should know the formulas for spherical polar coordinates, radical wave function, angular wave function, etc?
I'm a bit confused as to what to study for this section.

[kamalkolluri]

Definitely ask Lavelle or the TAs, but my thinking is that we just need to know that the wave functions represent orbitals and the wave function squared represents electron density distribution or the probability of finding an electron. Know nodal planes and how there's 0 probability of finding an electron there.

[Marwan Masri 3B]

I'd say use the homework problems as a guide on what you need to need and what you don't.