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Chapter 5
Chapter 5 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels throught space | Electromagnetic Radiation |
The shortest distance between equivalent points on a continuous wave | Wavelength |
Is the number of waves that pass a given point per second | Frequency |
The height of a wave from the origin to a crest or from the origin to a trough | Amplitude |
Includes all forms of electromagnetic radiation with the only differences in the types or radiation being their frequencies and wavelengths | Electromagnetic Spectrum |
The minimuum amount or energy that can be gained or lost by an atom | Quantum |
h,which has a value of 6.626x10^-34 J.s where J is the symbol for the joule | Planck's Constant |
Electrons are emitted from a metals surface when light of a certain frequency shines on | Photoelectric Effect |
A particle of electromagnetic radiation with no mass taht carries sa quantum of energy | Photon |
The set frequencies of the electromagnetic waves emitted by atoms of the element | Atomic Emission Spectrun |
The lowest allowable energy state of an atom | Ground state |
Predicts that all moving particles have waves characteristics | de Broglie Equation |
States that it is fundamentally impossible to know precisely both the velocity and position of a particle at the same time | Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
The atomic model in which electrons are treated as waves | Quantum Mechanical Model of the Atom |
A 3d region around the nucleus | Atomic Orbital |
Indicate the relative sizes and energies of atomic orbitals | Principal Quantum Numbers |
The atom major energy levels | Principal Energy Level |
The energy level that are contaian in the principal energy levels | Energy Sublevels |