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- 3. Electromagnetic-----:range of energies that electromagnetic radiation can comprise, including radio, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, and gamma rays
- 6. Two Words:electrons in the outermost or valence shell (highest value of n) of a ground-state atom
- 10. Three Words: pictorial representation of the electron configuration showing each level as a line and each electron as an arrow
- 12. limitation of some property to specific discrete values, not continuous
- 13. group of ions or atoms that have identical electron configurations
- 14. Electromagnetic--------: energy transmitted by waves that have an electric-field component and a magnetic-field component
- 15. number of wave cycles (peaks or troughs) that pass a specified point in space per unit time
- 16. extent of the displacement caused by a wave
- 17. the unit of frequency, which is the number of cycles per second, s−1
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- 1. ------- Energy:energy required to remove an electron from a gaseous atom or ion
- 2. Two Words: electron in an atom that occupies the orbitals of the inner shells
- 4. smallest possible packet of electromagnetic radiation, a particle of light
- 5. distance between two consecutive peaks or troughs in a wave
- 7. oscillation of a property over time or space; can transport energy from one point to another
- 8. tendency of an atom to attract electrons in a bond to itself
- 9. Electron----:energy change associated with addition of an electron to a gaseous atom or ion
- 11. spectrum Two Words: electromagnetic radiation emitted at discrete wavelengths by a specific atom (or atoms) in an excited state