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Question 1

To move an electron from the ground state up (to excite it) what has to happen?

Answer 1

The atom has to absorb energy from collisions with other atoms or from a photon of light

Question 2

Atom that absorbed a photon of light is what

Answer 2

An excited atom

Question 3

Electron can be moved to a wider orbit or higher energy state by absorbing energy a very precise amount

Answer 3

True

Question 4

For a photon of light to be absorbed by an electron what has to be true ?

Answer 4

It has to have the exact right amount of energy it will pass by if it has too little or too much

Question 5

How much energy in a hydrogen atom does it take to move an electron from ground to the second level?

Answer 5

A specific amount and more energy to move to the third level and more to 4th

Question 6

Only a photon of the correct wavelength will excite the atom

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Only a photon of the correct color will excite the atom

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Once an electron is at the higher energy state/ larger orbit it immediately jumps back down

Answer 8

It releases the excess energy as a photon of exactly the same energy it absorbed

Question 9

An electron can stop briefly at different levels/ orbits to release the energy

Answer 9

The energy it releases will be less as it goes

Question 10

The photons an atom Elmira during this process are completely unique

Answer 10

Spectroscopy identifies through the spectral lines what the chemical is and also environmental factors such as temperature and density of atoms