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| Electromagnetic radiation |
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| A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior as it travels through space. |
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| All forms of electromagnetic radiation. |
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| The distance between corresponding points on adjacent waves. |
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| The number of waves that pass a given point in a specific time period, usually one second. |
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| The emission of electrons from a metal light when light shines on the metal. |
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| The minimum quantity of energy that can be lost or gained by an atom. |
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| Particle of electromagnetic radiation having zero mass and carrying a quantum of energy. |
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| Lowest energy state of an atom. |
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| An atom has a higher potential energy than it has in its ground state. |
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| A series of specific wavelengths of emitted light created when the visible portion of light is shined through an atom. |
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| Emission of a continuous range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation. |
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| Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
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| States that it is impossible to determine simultaneously both position and velocity of an electron. |
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| Describes mathematically the wave properties of electrons. |
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| A 3D region around the nucleus that indicates the probable location of an electron. |
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| Specify the properties of atomic orbitals and the properties of electrons in orbitals. |
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| Angular Momentum (Second) Quantum Number |
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| The quantum number that indicates the sublevel. |
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| The quantum number that indicates the main energy level occupied by an electron. |
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| Magnetic (Third) Quantum Number |
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| The quantum number that indicates the orbital. |
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| The quantum number that indicates the spin of the electron in an orbital. |
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| An electron occupies the lowest-energy orbital that can receive it. |
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| A description of the arrangement of electrons in an atom. |
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| Pauli Exclusion Principle |
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| No two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of 4 quantum numbers. |
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| Orbitals of equal energy are each occupied by one electron before any orbital is occupied by a second electron, and all electrons in singly occupied orbitals must have the same spin. |
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| Electron-containing main energy level with the highest principal quantum number. |
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| Electrons that are not in the highest occupied energy level. |
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| Group VIIIA elements that have a full outer shell and do not react under normal laboratory conditions. |
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| An outer main energy level fully occupied, in most cases, by eight electrons. |
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