Atomic Spectra Graphic Organizer
An electron moves to an ___________ ________ when it ____________ a photon of EM
radiation that contains just the right ___________ ___ __________ needed to go from a
lower energy level to a higher energy level.
An electron ________ ______ absorb EM
radiation that contains too ___________ or too
________ energy to go from one energy level to
another.
An electron in an ___________ ________
quickly returns to its ____________ ________.
It emits a ____________ that contains the
__________ ___ __________ the electron lost.
An electron can move to any available __________ ________ in the electron cloud
______________ energy levels in between.
The diagram to the right shows the various
wavelengths of EM radiation emitted as an
electron in a hydrogen atom moves between the
different energy levels in the cloud.
The photons that are emitted create an
_________ _____________ _______________.
Some, but not all, of the emissions are ____________ ___________ (400 nm to 700 nm).
Each element has its own ____________ emission spectrum because no two elements’
_____________ are arranged the ________ ______ in the electron cloud.