Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. is a three-dimensional region around the nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron.
- 4. is defined as the number of waves that pass a given point in a specific time, usually one second
- 8. A state in which an atom has a higher potential energy than it has in its ground state
- 9. the arrangement of the electrons in an atom
- 10. Together, all the forms of electromagnetic radiation form
- 12. level the electron-containing energy level with the highest principal quantum number
- 14. the minimum quantity of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom
- 15. electrons that are not in the highest occupied energy level
Down
- 1. The lowest energy state of an atom is its
- 2. is the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves
- 5. a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space
- 6. When a narrow beam of the emitted light was shined through a prism, it was separated into a series of specific frequencies of visible light
- 7. the emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation
- 11. the group 18 elements
- 13. a particle of electromagnetic radiation having zero mass and carrying a quantum of energy