Chapter 5 Vocab Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is a formof energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space? | electromagnetic radiation |
What is the shortest distance between eqivalent points on a continuous wave? | wavelength |
What is the number of waves that pass a given point per second? | frequency |
What is the wave's height from the origin to a crest, or from the orgin to a trough? | amplitude |
What encompasses all forms of electromagnetic radiation? | electromagnetic spectrum |
What is the minimum amount of energy that can be gained or lost by an atom? | quantum |
What is h, which has a value of 6.626 X 10^-34 J.S, where J is the symbol for the joule? | Planck's constant |
What is a phenomenon in which photoelectrons are emitted from a metal's surface when light of a certain frequency shines on the surface? | photoelectric effect |
What is a particle of electromagnetic radiation with no mass that carries no quantum of energy? | photon |
What is a set of frequencies of electromagnetic waves given off by atoms of an element; is electrically neutral, spherically shaped, and consists of a series of fine lines of individual colors? | atomic emission spectra |
What is the lowest allowable energy state of an atom? | ground state |
What predicts that all moving particles ave wave characteristics? | de Broglie equation |
What states that it is fundamentally impossible to know precisely both the velocity and position of a particle at the same time? | Heinsberg uncertainty principle |
What is the atomic model in which electrons are treated as waves; also known as wave mechanical model oof the atom? | quantum mechanical model of the atom |
What is a three-dimensional region around the nucleus? | atomic orbital |
What indicates the relative sizes and energiesof atominc orbitals? | principal quantum number |
What specifies the atom's major energy levels? | principal energy level |
What are the energy levels contained within a principal energy level? | energy sublevel |
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