Chapter 10 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. colored lines generated when light emitted by a gas is shown through a spectroscope (2W)
  2. 4. the distance between consecutive peaks in a wave
  3. 8. a particle representing a quantum of light or other electromagnetic radiation
  4. 9. a measurement of the number of waves that pass a particular point per second
  5. 11. a measurement of how fast a wave travels in space
  6. 12. a cloudlike region around the nucleus where electrons are located
  7. 15. the orbital arrangement of electrons in an atom (2W)
  8. 16. horizontal groups of elements in the periodic table
  9. 18. the property of an electron that describes its appearance of spinning on an axis like a globe
  10. 20. one way energy travels through space (3W)
  11. 24. a way of showing the arrangement of electrons in an atom (2W)
  12. 27. noble gas configuration (2W)
  13. 28. the number of electrons a p orbital can hold
Down
  1. 1. contains electrons in the orbitals (3W)
  2. 3. small measures of energy
  3. 5. electrons fill the lowest energy level first (2W)
  4. 6. an atomic orbital can hold a maximum of 2 electrons, which most have opposite (3W)
  5. 7. an A group element (2W)
  6. 8. principle that states that energy levels in atoms are written; n=1, n=2... (3W)
  7. 10. the number that indicates the shape of the orbital (4W)
  8. 11. two possible values for spin, +1/2 or -1/2 (3W)
  9. 13. the publisher of the periodic table
  10. 14. within a sublevel, place one electron per orbital before pairing them (2W)
  11. 17. a new branch of physics (2W)
  12. 19. the electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom (2W)
  13. 21. the B groups and group VIII (2W)
  14. 22. the lowest available level within an atom (2W)
  15. 23. electrons on the outermost electron shell (2W)
  16. 25. the last name of a French physicist who suggested that all objects have wave properties
  17. 26. also called families, vertical groups of elements in the periodic table