The shape of the fixed paths that Bohr proposed for electrons traveling around the nucleus.
What is circular (or circle)?
100
The name we give to the ways electrons are arranged in various orbitals around the nuclei of atoms.
What is electron configuration?
100
A five-letter word for electromagnetic radiation.
What is light?
100
The complete ground state electron configuration of hydrogen.
What is 1s1?
200
The amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another, these amounts are "fixed," like the rungs of a ladder.
What is a quantum of energy? (or quanta)
200
Named for the German word, this principle describes how electrons occupy the lowest energy levels first.
What is aufbau?
200
A series of lines that forms a signature for any substance.
What is atomic emission spectrum (or spectra)?
200
The complete ground state electron configuration of boron.
What is 1s22s22p1?
300
The most modern model of electrons in atoms, it describes the allowed energies for electrons and where they are most likely to be found, and is built on the mathematical work of Schrodinger.
What is the quantum mechanical model?
300
It is always the first energy sublevel to be filled.
What is 1s? (not s)
300
Of the colors of visible light, the one with the shortest wavelength, highest frequency, and highest energy.
What is violet (or purple)?
300
The electron configuration of palladium, using the noble gas shorthand.
[Kr]5s24d8?
400
It describes a region of space where an electron is most likely to be found.
What is an atomic orbital? (or orbital)
400
The electron configuration of oxygen
What is 1s22s22p4?
400
The type of electromagnetic radiation between radio and infrared waves on the spectrum.
What is microwave?
400
The orbital diagram for neon.
What is (see student work)?
500
The maximum number of electrons in the fourth energy level.
What is 32? (2n^2)
500
The electron configuration of nickel.
What is 1s22s22p63s23p64s23d8?
500
The cause of atomic emission spectra.
What is electrons falling to a lower energy level?
500
The electron configuration for thallium, using the noble gas shorthand.