What Is the Ground State Electron Configuration of Carbon?
A) $1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}{ }^{1}$

What is the ground state electron configuration of carbon?

A) $1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}{ }^{1}$

B) $1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}$

C) $1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}{ }^{1} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}{ }^{1}$

D) $1 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{~s}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{x}}^{2} 2 \mathrm{p}_{\mathrm{y}}$