vocab
Across
- 2. a particle of electromagnetic radiation having zero mass and carrying a quantum of energy
- 4. the number of waves that pass a given point in a specific time, usually one second
- 6. describes mathematically the wave properties of electrons and other very small particles
- 8. the emission of electrons from a metal when light shines on the metal
- 10. the four bands of light presented when a narrow beam of light is passed through a prism.
- 12. what all the forms of electromagnetic radiation
- 13. lowest energy state of an atom
- 14. distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves
Down
- 1. when scientists had expected to observe the emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation
- 3. indicates the orientation of an orbital around the nucleus
- 5. specify the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of electrons in orbitals
- 7. the minimum quantity of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom
- 9. when an atom has higher potential energy than it has in ground state
- 10. a form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space
- 11. indicates the main energy level occupied by the electron