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Electrons & Light

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wavelength   decreases left to right, distance between 2 crests  
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energy   increases left to right  
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frequency   increases left to right, the number of waves that pass a particular point in an amount of time  
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frequency increases -->   wavelength decreases  
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excited electrons   emit light when they fall from higher energy levels to lower energy levels  
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ground state   the lowest energy level possible for an electron  
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visible light   can be seen by the eye  
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shortest wavelength   violet light, x-rays, gamma rays  
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longest wavelength   red light, AM radio waves  
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wavelength gets shorter-->   frequency gets higher (inverse relationship)  
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the speed of light   is the same for all colors of light  
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there are many...   different shades of each color  
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most energy   violet light  
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least energy   red light  
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wavelength decreases -->   energy increases (inverse relationship)  
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hydrogen emission spectra   4 colors - red, blue-green, blue-violet, violet, cannot produce more than one color at once since it only has one electron  
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boron emission spectra   5 colors - red, orange, blue-green, 2 blues, 3 violets  
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boron has different electrons than hydrogen, so   different shades are created  
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smallest wavelength-->   most energy  
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spectral lines   are different for each element and identify what the element is, much like fingerprints  
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electrons and protons   attract each other  
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as an electron gets closer to the nucleus,   the attraction gets stronger  
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when an electron moves from an energy level close to the nucleus to one far from it   the electron loses/absorbs energy & light  
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when an electron moves from an energy level far from the nucleus to one close to it   the electron gains/releases energy & light  
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excited states   higher energy levels  
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straight arrow in Bohr model   represents amount of energy put in  
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hydrogen electron transition with the UV range (10-400 nm)   400 is smaller than violet 410 (smallest in hydrogen spectra), so smaller waves need to be produced which involves more energy, n=6-->n=1 (bigger arrow, more energy, shorter wavelength)  
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