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When an electron moves to a lower energy level, the difference in energy appears in the form of a photon, which the electron emits.

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Describe what happens to the outermost electron in a sodium atom when the atom is heated and made to give off a line spectrum?

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An electron jumps to a new energy level when?

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What did bohrs discover about the atom?

Bohr did not discover protons, neutrons, or electrons. Bohr used the energy changes in line emission spectra to develop a model that accounted for discrete energy changes. He used the signature spectra of hydrogen to design a model of a Hydrogen atom that showed the possible jumps that an electron could make after absorbing and then releasing energy. Some of the jumps create the visible bands we see by breaking down the light of glowing Hydrogen, while other jumps, non-visible, would still be created in the Electromagnetic Spectrum according to the energy changes of an electron jumping from outer electron rings to inner electron rings.


What happens when an electron in an atom absorbs energy?

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Energy excess is released. Lower levels have lower energy


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When an electron jumps to a higher level is the atom is in ground state?

No, when an electron jumps to a higher energy level, the atom is said to be in an excited state. The ground state of an atom is when its electrons occupy the lowest possible energy levels.


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The electron emits a photon of light which we can see in a spectrograph as color. Four colors are normally seen in a hydrogen atom subjected to energy.


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