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Chem Chapter 7 Flashcards

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A measure of the height of the crests or the depths of the trough of a wave

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Amplitude

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The total range of wavelengths of light that come from the sun

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Electromagnetic spectrum

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The lowest possible energy state for a given substance

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Ground State

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A specific shape that confines the position of an electron relative to the nucleus

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Orbital

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The constant the relates the energy of light to its frequency

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Planck’s contant

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Model of the atom in which electrons whirl around the nucleus in various paths called “orbitals”

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Quantum mechanical model

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A glass tube filled with small amounts of gas. Electrodes in the tube allows for the passages of electricity through the gas

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Crooks Tube

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The number of wave crests or (troughs) that pass a given point each second

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Frequency

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Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons

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Isotops

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A “particle of light”

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Photon

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One of the three particles that make up the atom. It is positively charged

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Proton

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Another name for Crook’s TubeCathode ray tube

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Cathode ray tube

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The total range of wavelengths of light that come from the sun

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Electromagnetic Spectrum

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A notation that lists the number of electrons that occupy each orbital in an atom

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Electron Configurations

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The lowest possible energy state for a given substance

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Hertz

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the process by which the abundance of one isotope elements are increased

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Isotopic Enrichment

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The total number of neutrons and protons

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Mass Number

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One of the three particles that make up the atoms. It is electrically neutral

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Neutron

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The Center of the atom that contains the neutrons and protons

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Nucleus

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A specific shape that confines the position of an electrons relative to to nuclear

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Particle/Wave Duality Theory

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The measures quantity in nature that does not change

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Physical Constant

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Another name for Rutherford model

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Planetary Model

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A physical quantity (such as energy) cannot have any value, bit its restricted to have only discrete values

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Quantum Assumptions

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The cells on the eye’s retina that detect low levels of light

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Rods

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A device that analyzes light emitted or absorbed by a substance

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Spectrometer

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The process by which individual wavelengths of light emitted by a substance are analyzed

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Spectroscopy

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The cells on the eyes retina that detect different energies of light

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Cone

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