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Concepts for 7.1-7.5 Flashcards

Understand conceptual aspects of sections 7.1-7.5

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Wave

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Vibrating disturbance by which energy is transmitted

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Wavelength

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The distance between identical points on successive waves

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Frequency

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Number of waves that pass through a particular point in one second

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Amplitude

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Vertical distance from the midline of a wave to the peak or trough

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Electromagnetic wave

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Electric field component and a magnetic field component

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Maxwll’s theory

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Mathematical description of the general behavior of light.

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Electromagnetic radiation

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Emission and transmission of energy in the form of electromagnetic waves

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Electromagnetic waves

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Speed of light

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Quantum

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Smallest quantity of energy that can be emitted (or absorbed) in the form of electromagnetic radiation

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Photoelectric effect

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Electrons are ejected from the surface of certain metals exposed to light of at least a certain minimum frequency (threshold frequency)

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Photons

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Particles of light

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Atomic emission Spectra

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Either continuous or line spectra of radiation emitted by substances

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Line spectra

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Light emission only at specific wavelengths

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Color

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Tells us the wavelength, frequency, and energy being emitted

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Ground state (ground level)

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Lowest energy state of a system

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Excited state (excited level)

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Higher in energy than the ground state

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Endothermic

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Energy is required for an electron to move to an orbit that is further from the nucleus than its current orbit

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Exothermic

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Energy is released when an electron moves to an orbit closer to the nucleus than its current oribit

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De Broglie equation

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All matter can be described as having wave properties

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Standing waves

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Stationary waves, remains fixed

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Electron density

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The probability that an electron will be formed in a particular region of an atom

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Atomic orbital

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The wave function of an electron in an atom

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Orbit

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Bohr, 2 dimensinal

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Orbital

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3 dimensional, sphere

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