which of the elements below has a smaller atomic radius. element1: 1s2 2s2 2p4 element2: 1s2 2s2 2p5

Ithink it is quantity of plants

And a) oxygen i believe

The problem here is that according to aufbau principle before 3d orbital 4s subshell comes.after filling 3p orbital with electrons you have 4 electrons left, you place two in 4s with opposite spin and the other two in 3d in any of its two orbitals of total five orbitals with the same spin.