Properties of Light
Across
- 3. when an electron falls to a lower energy level and a photon is emitted
- 5. the distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves
- 7. electron circle the nucleus in __________
- 9. a particle of electromagnetic radiation having zero mass and carrying a quantum of energy
- 11. when energy is added to an atom in order to move an electron from a lower level to a higher energy level
- 12. high frequency waves have _________ wavelengths
- 14. all forms of electromagnetic radiation
- 16. unit of frequency
- 17. unit of wavelength
- 18. the ___________ bands of light are known as hydrogen's line-emission spectrum
- 19. the energy of a photon depends on the _______ of the radiation
- 21. the number of waves that pass a given point per second
Down
- 1. lowest energy state of an atom
- 2. the farther away from the nucleus the _______ energy an electron has
- 4. __________ = c/f
- 6. form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space
- 8. state in which an atom has more energy that its ground state by absorbing energy
- 9. refers to the emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal
- 10. low frequency waves have ___________ wavelengths
- 13. ________ of energy is the minimum quantity of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom
- 15. _______ = hf
- 20. unit of energy