Quantized Model of the Atom

Question 1

Electromagnetic radiation

Answer 1

oscillating, perpendicular electric and magnetic fields that travel through space and can transfer energy (waves)

Question 2

Photons

Answer 2

small, invisible quantities of energy

Question 3

Electronic transition

Answer 3

a change from one electronic energy to another

Question 4

Ground state

Answer 4

lowest energy electronic state of an atom

Question 5

Excited state

Answer 5

highest energy electronic state of an atom

Question 6

Quantum mechanics

Answer 6

a model that uses both wave and particle analogies to describe atomic-scale matter

Question 7

What does a positive energy difference in an electronic transition indicate?

Answer 7

Absorption

Question 8

What does a negative difference in electronic transition indicate?

Answer 8

Emission

Question 9

Heisenberg uncertainty principle

Answer 9

it is impossible to simultaneously determine the exact position and the exact momentum of an atomic level particle (electrons)

Question 10

What is the wave function squared equivalent to? (Ψ^2)

Answer 10

the probability of finding an electron at a specific position

Question 11

Electron density

Answer 11

3D distribution of electron probability

Question 12

Orbital

Answer 12

Wave functions and their electron density distribution

Question 13

Standing waves

Answer 13

amplitudes not evolving and occur from confined waves (the type of waves electrons are)