For each successive electron removed from an atom, the ionization energy Select one:
a. increases.
b. decreases.
C. remains the same.
d. shows no pattern.

the answer is:

a. increases

if two electrons have the same n, the same ℓ, and the same ml, then they are in the same orbital. the pauli exclusion principle states that no two identical fermions (a fancy word for electrons and other subatomic particles like electrons) may occupy the same quantum state in an atom simultaneously.