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Electron
Chemistry Electron Quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| energy cannot be created nor destroyed | Law of Conservation of Energy |
| radiant energy that travels in the form or waves | electromagnetic radiation |
| number of peaks that pass a given point point unit time | Frequency |
| distance from one wave peak to the next | wavelength |
| height measured from the center of the wave | amplitude |
| the smaller the frequency, the ________ the wave | longer |
| wavelength X frequency = | Speed |
| lambda | wavelength |
| nu | frequency |
| C | speed of light |
| studied the visible glow that solid object emit when heated | Max Plank |
| discrete packets of energy | quanta |
| discovered Photons | Albert Einstein |
| "particles" in electromagnetic radiation | Photons |
| nu x lambda = c | Equation for electromagnetic radiation |
| E = h*n | equation for energy given off during radiation |
| a low-energy state that is stable. | ground state |
| Where do electrons normally exist? | ground state |
| Electrons absorb energy and jump to an ___________ | excited state |
| planetary model | Bohr’s Quantum Model |
| Described atom as electrons circling around a nucleus and concluded that electrons have specific energy levels | Niels Bohr |
| Thought If light behaves as both particles & waves maybe electrons behave like particles & waves as well | Louis Victor de Broglie |
| wrote an equation that treats electrons like waves and tells where an electron will probably be found. | Erwin Schrödinger |
| 3-D areas where electrons can be found | orbitals |
| who created the Uncertainty principle? | Werner Heisenberg |
| a way to obey the uncertainty principle & still know something | Probability |
| Electrons are like ___________ ______ because we cannot know the exact position of them. | standing waves |
| ____ _________ show electrons move between discrete energy levels with specific wavelength | Line spectra |
| it is impossible to know both the position and velocity of a particle at the same time | Uncertainty Principle |