Light
Vocab/terms
Configurations
Quantum theory, Einstein, and Planck
Rules and principles
100

This is the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves

Wavelength

100
Electrons excited from their ground state ______ energy.

absorb

100

This is the electron configuration for beryllium (Be)

1s2 2s2

100

This is the number of lobes in the d orbital

5 lobes

100

This is the number of electrons that can be placed in each orbital (s, p, d, f)

2 electrons, 6 electrons, 10 electrons, 14 electrons

200

This is the number of times a wave passes a given point

Frequency

200

This is the light emitted when an electron falls to a lower energy level

photon

200

This is the electron configuration for aluminum (Al)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p1

200

This is the movement of electrons into a higher or lower energy level

quantum leap

200

This is the principle/rule that states that electrons will fill the lowest orbital first

the Aufbau principle

300

Shorter wavelengths have a ______ frequency and _______ energy.

higher; more

300
This is an electron in its lowest energy state

ground state

300

This is the abbreviated electron configuration for vanadium (V)

[Ar] 4s2 3d3

300

This is the characteristic of the duality of light as theorized by Einstein

Dual wave-particle nature; light can be a particle or a wave

300

This principle/rule states that no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers

Pauli exclusion principle

400

This is Planck's constant

6.6261 * 10^-34

400

This is the minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom

a quantum

400

This is the abbreviated electron configuration for rhenium (Re)

[Xe] 6s2 4f14 5d5

400

This effect is supported by Einstein and Planck’s theories

the photoelectric effect

400

According to Hund’s rule, all electrons in unpaired orbitals must have ________ spins

the same

500

This is the visual light with the lowest energy

red light
500
This is a continuous range of frequencies

a spectrum

500

This is the element denoted by 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d10 5p2

Tin (Sn)

500

These numbers specify the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of electrons in orbitals

quantum numbers

500

These are the 6 noble gasses

Helium (He), Neon (Ne), Argon (Ar), Krypton (Kr), Xenon (Xe), and Radon (Rn)