Concepts of Electrons in Atoms

The height of a wave from the origin to a crest, or from the origin to a trough.

The set of frequencies of the electromagnetic wave emitted by atoms of the element.

The probable location of electrons.

<p>An electron occupies the lowest-energy orbital that can receive it.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>That all moving particles have wave characteristics.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Radiation consisting of waves of energy associated with electric and magnetic fields resulting from the acceleration of an electric charge.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>All of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The arrangement of electrons in an atom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Diagrams that show valence electrons as dots.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The energy levels contained within a principal energy level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ratio of the number of observations in a statistical category to the total number of observations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The lowest energy state of an atom or other particle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is impossible to know exactly both the velocity and the position of a particle at the same time.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>States that single electrons with the same spin must occupy each equal-energy orbital before additional electrons with opposite spins can occupy the same orbitals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>No two electrons or protons or neutrons in a given system can be in states characterized by the same set of quantum numbers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A quantum of electromagnetic radiation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A fundamental constant, h, that relates the energy of light quanta to their frequency: h = 6.6 X 10^-34 joule·second.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The major energy levels of an atom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Symbolized by n, indicates the main energy level occupied by the electron.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The smallest discrete quantity of some physical property that a system can possess (according to quantum theory).</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An atomic model in which electrons are treated as waves; also called the wave mechanical model of the atom.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An electron in the outer shell of an atom which can combine with other atoms to form molecules.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The distance (measured in the direction of propagation) between two points in the same phase in consecutive cycles of a wave.</p> Signup and view all the answers