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When an electron falls from a higher energy level to a lower energy energy level how is the energy released?
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The energy is released as electromagetic energy and each transition in each atom has its own wavelength for the light emitted.
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When does an atom produce light?
When light (a photon) collides with an atom, the energy contained by it is absorbed and it bumps one of the electrons orbiting it up to a higher energy level. ( there are several energy levels, think of it as stories of a building) Later when the electron falls down 1 or more energy levels, The energy is released as another photon. If the electron drops down to the original energy level, the same intensity photon is released as was absorbed. If it drops down in 2 or more steps, several photons will be released of varying intensity, depending on the amount of levels dropped.
What does incident light that falls on an object do to the electrons in the atoms of an object?
When a photon of energy falls on an electron bound inside an atom, the electron absorbs the energy and is emitted from the atom.
Why it is considered as the energy of an electron is quantised?
Electrons orbit the nucleus of an atom in specific orbitals, a specific distance from the nucleus of the atom. A specific quanta of energy will knock the electron into a higher orbital. When the electron falls back into the lower orbital, it will give off that same specific quanta of energy. That is why lasers work.
What happens when an electron in a higher electron cloud drops to a lower energy cloud?
It gains energy in a quantized amount
How does heat generate light?
Heat is the amount of energy a single atom has, and this energy causes the electrons in an atom to change energy levels. The light is produced when an "excited" electron has gained enough energy to raise to a higher level via heat, and then falls back to a lower energy level, releasing the energy as light. The higher the amount of energy put into an atom via heat, the more intense the light will be due to a higher release of energy.
When an electron falls back to its ground state how much energy is released?
It releases the same amount of energy that it absorbed when it was excited to a higher energy state.
Emission of light from an atoms occurs when an electron?
falls from a higher energy state to a lower energy state.
If an electron is in an excited state it must lose energy when it falls to a lower state. What happens to the energy that is lost?
This energy is released as a photon.
When does an atom produce light?
When light (a photon) collides with an atom, the energy contained by it is absorbed and it bumps one of the electrons orbiting it up to a higher energy level. ( there are several energy levels, think of it as stories of a building) Later when the electron falls down 1 or more energy levels, The energy is released as another photon. If the electron drops down to the original energy level, the same intensity photon is released as was absorbed. If it drops down in 2 or more steps, several photons will be released of varying intensity, depending on the amount of levels dropped.
The line emission spectrum of an atom is caused by the energies released when electrons?
The line emission spectrum of an atom is caused by the energies released when electrons fall from high energy level. It goes down to a low energy level and the extra energy it had from higher level is released as light.
Emissin of light from an atom occurs when an electron what?
Lots of wrong answers out there, tested this on school, the answer is: Drops from a higher to a lower energy level
When an electron drops from a higher energy state to a lower energy state?
A photon is emitted when an electron falls from a higher to lower orbital. A photon is an elementary particles, the quantum of light and all other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
Why is a shorter wavelength of light emitted when an electron falls from n4 to n1 than when an electron falls from n2 to n1?
The shorter the wave length the more energy. The further the electron falls, the more energy that will be emitted and the shorter the wavelength.
What happens to the energy of the electron as it falls down the electron transport chain?
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What electron transition represents a gain of energy?
All transitions in which electrons move from a lower to a higher level require a gain of energy. example: 2nd to 3rd shell
What happens when ann electron moves to a higher energy level?
It falls back to its ground state, emitting light of a particular wavelength and color.
What does incident light that falls on an object do to the electrons in the atoms of an object?
When a photon of energy falls on an electron bound inside an atom, the electron absorbs the energy and is emitted from the atom.
