Question

Match each definition with the appropriate name. Choices: absorption, emission, excited state, ionization, ground state, transition.

• any energy state of an atom except the ground state.

• the lowest energy state of an atom.

• a photon of light causes an electron to jump to a higher energy state.

• a photon strikes an atomic electron and removes it from the atom.

• an electron falls to a lower energy state and a photon is created.

• a jump of an electron between energy levels.

Answer 1

1. any energy state of an atom except the ground state.

excited state

2. • the lowest energy state of an atom.

Ground State

3. • a photon of light causes an electron to jump to a higher energy state.

absorption

4. • a photon strikes an atomic electron and removes it from the atom.

ionization

5. • an electron falls to a lower energy state and a photon is created.

emission,

6. • a jump of an electron between energy levels.

Transition