Frequency and Wavelength
Photon Energy
Energy Quanta (in H atoms)
Quantum Numbers
General Light Trivia!
100

The wavelength with the greatest energy from the following options:

297nm, 612nm, 700nm

What is 297nm?

100

Equations for photon energy with respect to wavelength and frequency.

What are E=hc/λ and E=hv?

100

Electron energy level transition releasing the greatest amount of energy:

a) n=7 to n=6

b) n=3 to n=1

c) n=3 to n=2

What is (b), n=3 to n=1?

100

Represented by the quantum number n.

What is orbital size/energy?

100

Light that travels deepest in the ocean.

What is blue light?

200

Frequency of light with a wavelength of 582nm.

What is 5.15*1014 Hz? (or s-1 or 1/s)

200

Energy, in joules, of one photon with a frequency of 4.57*1014 Hz.

What is 3.03*10-19 J?

200

Energy in joules required to excite an electron of a hydrogen atom from n=3 to n=7

What is 1.98*10-19 J?

200

Numerical value for quantum number l for the p-orbitals.

What is 1?

200

Animal in Phylum Arthropoda and Subphylum Chelicerata that glows under UV light.

What is a scorpion?

300

Wavelength, in meters, of light with a frequency of 1.02*1015 s-1.

What is 294nm?

300

Energy, in joules, of a photon with a wavelength of 211nm.

What is 9.41*10-19 J?

300

Energy released from an electron of an H atom, in millijoules (mJ), as it drops from n=3 to n=2.

What is -3.03*10-16 mJ?

300

Possible range of values for quantum number ml for the d-orbitals.

What is -2 to +2? (i.e. -2, -1, 0, 1, 2)

300

Time it takes for moonlight to reach Earth given that the moon is 3.84*10km away. (Hint: this may require a calculation, unless you already know the answer)

What is ~1.28 seconds?
400

Wavelength of light with a frequency of 2.52*1016 min-1.

What is 714nm?

400

Energy, in kilojoules, of one mole of photons with a wavelength of 573nm.

What is 2.09*102 kJ?

400

Electron energy level transition requiring the greatest energy input:

a) n=1 to n=2

b) n=2 to n=3

c) n=3 to n=4

What is (a), n=1 to n=2?

400

Valid set of quantum numbers for an electron in row 2 of the periodic table, in an s-orbital.

What is (2, 0, 0, +1/2) or (2, 0, 0, -1/2)

400

The distance, in kilometers, of one light-year. (Hint: you can do the calculation to figure this one out!)

What is ~9.46*1012 km?

500

Light with the lower frequency from the following options:

a) radio waves from an AM radio station broadcasting 1030kHz

b) red light (λ = 633 nm) from a helium-neon laser

What is (a), radio waves at 1030kHz?

500

Wavelength, in nm, of a photon with an energy of 6.23*10-19 J.

What is 319nm?

500

Wavelength of light, in nanometers, associated with the energy released by an electron of a hydrogen atom from n=5 to n=2.

What is 434nm?

500

Invalid set of quantum numbers from the following list:

(3, 2, -1, ½)

(1, 0, 0, -½)

(2, 0, 1, -½)

(3, 1, -1, ½)

What is (2, 0, 1, -½)?

500

Ranking of the Electromagnetic Spectrum from the longest to the shortest wavelength.

What is radio waves, microwaves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays?
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