Across
- 3. the ability to do work
- 8. variety of frequencies of light seen through a spectroscope, emitted by electrons moving from high to low energy orbits
- 9. involves the emission of electrons from a surface by the action of light
- 11. defines the quantum nature of energy and relates energy of a photon and its frequency
- 12. describes the position and wavelike behavior of an electron within an atom; mathematical
- 13. electromagnetic wave with the longest wavelength on the electromagnetic spectrum (300 GHz and below)
- 14. tiny particles that make up waves of electromagnetic radiation
- 15. segment of the electromagnetic spectrum, visible to the human eye
Down
- 1. stable negatively charged component of an atom
- 2. an atom where the total energy of the electrons can not be lowered by moving one or more electrons to different orbitals
- 4. a single packet matter and energy
- 5. concept describing distributing energy among waves in different periods
- 6. the distance between a given point and the same point in the following wave cycle
- 7. displacement of a wave from 0
- 10. higher in energy than the ground state