Excited electrons and History of the Atom

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What is an atom that has gained energy beyond normal called?

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Excited

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What happens to the energy of an electron as it moves further away from the nucleus?

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It increases.

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Who proposed that electrons move around the nucleus in specific paths at fixed distances?

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Bohr

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What must an electron do to change from ground state to an excited state?

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Absorb energy.

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What is Dalton's Model of the atom?

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Dalton's Model describes the atom as a solid, indivisible sphere.

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What is the ground state of an electron?

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The lowest energy state of an electron in an atom.

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What is the significance of the Bohr model in atomic theory?

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It introduced the idea of quantized energy levels for electrons.

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What is the relationship between energy absorption and electron excitation?

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Electrons must absorb energy to move from a lower energy level to a higher one.

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What is the term for the energy required to remove an electron from an atom?

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Ionization energy.

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What happens to an electron when it releases energy?

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It moves from an excited state back to the ground state.