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Unit 4 Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the term for the process in which a substance takes in another substance?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Energy

2.

What is the term for the specific wavelengths of light emitted by an element?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Energy

3.

What is the term for the region around the nucleus where an electron is likely to be found?

a)

Atomic emission spectrum

b)

Atomic orbital

c)

Electron configuration

d)

Sublevel

4.

What is the term for the range of all possible frequencies of electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Electromagnetic spectrum

b)

Atomic emission spectrum

c)

Principal energy level

d)

Quantum mechanical model

5.

What is the negatively charged subatomic particle that orbits the nucleus of an atom?

a)

Electron

b)

Photon

c)

Quantum

d)

Energy

6.

What is the arrangement of electrons in an atom's energy levels?

a)

Electron configuration

b)

Ground state

c)

Photoelectric effect

d)

Wavelength

7.

What is the release of electromagnetic radiation from an excited atom?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Frequency

8.

What is the term for the capacity to do work or produce heat?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Energy

9.

What is the number of waves that pass a given point per second?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Frequency

10.

What is the lowest energy state of an atom?

a)

Ground state

b)

Light

c)

Photon

d)

Quantum

11.

What is the form of energy that can be detected by the human eye?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Light

12.

What is the phenomenon in which electrons are emitted from a metal surface when light shines on it?

a)

Atomic orbital

b)

Electron configuration

c)

Photoelectric effect

d)

Wavelength

13.

What is the smallest unit of light?

a)

Electron

b)

Photon

c)

Quantum

d)

Energy

14.

What is the specific energy level within an atom where an electron can be found?

a)

Atomic emission spectrum

b)

Principal energy level

c)

Quantum mechanical model

d)

Sublevel

15.

What is the smallest quantity of energy that can be emitted or absorbed as electromagnetic radiation?

a)

Absorption

b)

Emission

c)

Radiation

d)

Quantum