Light and Atomic Structure Review

For an electron to change from ground state to an excited stated it must...

• Absorb energy
• Release energy

True or False: The ground state is the highest energy state of an atom.

• True

• False

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What is the light that you can see called?

• observatory light

• ultraviolet light

• visible light

• infrared light

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Which of the following is FALSE about electromagnetic spectrum?

• EM waves travel at the speed of light

• Long wavelengths of light have low frequencies

• High energy photon have long wavelength

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Diagram below shows

• Emission spectrum

• Absorption spectrum

• Line absorption spectrum

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When talking about energy levels in an atom, what is an "excited state"?

• The highest energy state of an atom.
• Any level higher than the ground state.
• The lowest energy state of an atom.
• When an atom loses an electron

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Why are line emission spectra of elements called "atomic fingerprints"?

• They are all the same
• They are all unique
• They are all similar
• They all contain colored light

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A line spectrum is produced when an electron moves from one energy level

• into the nucleus

• to a higher energy level

• to another position in the same sublevel

• to a lower energy level

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If an electron moves from n=4 to n=2 it ____

• absorbs energy

• releases energy

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Emission spectra emitted by an element (or compound) will produce ___ through a spectroscope.

• bright lines

• a continuous rainbow

• dark lines

• white light

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