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| Fixed energies an electron can have |
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| The amount of energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another energy level. |
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| The modern description of the electrons in atoms, comes from the math solutions to the Schrodinger Equations |
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| Thought of as a region of space in which there is a high probability of finding an electron. |
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| electrons occupy the orbitals of lowest energy first. |
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| an atomic orbital may describe at most two electrons. |
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| States that electrons occupy orbitals of the same energy in a way that makes the number of electrons with the same spin direction as large as possible. |
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| The wave's height from zero to the crest. |
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| is the distance between the crests |
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| The number of wave cycles to pass a given point per unit of time. |
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| Electromagnetic Radiation |
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| inclued radio waves, microwaves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet waves, X-rays, and gamma rays. |
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| When sunlight passes through a prism, the different frequecies separate into a |
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| The frequencies of light emitted by an element separate into discrete lines |
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| When the electron has its lowest possible energy. |
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| Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
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| states that it is impossible to know exactly both the velocity and the position of a particle at the same time. |
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