Physics Unit 9 Test

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spectroscope

A special device can produce a crisp picture of an element's emission spectrum by separating the light into clearly defined __________.

emission

A spectroscope can display a(n) ____________ spectrum from a glowing element.

electron

According to classical physics a(n) ___________ is in a constant state of acceleration.

electrons

An atom in its normal state has the same number of protons as ________.

light

An element is heated, it incandesces, which means it emits __________.

next higher

As energy is added to the atom, the electrons momentarily shift to the _________________ energy level

photon

As the energy level of an atom shifts back from an excited state to a normal state, a(n) _______ is released.

increase

As the temperature of a blackbody rises, the frequency of the energy emitted will ___________.

frequencies

Different amounts of energy produce light of different ______________.

yes, the nature of light has a wave-particle duality

Does light consist of electromagnetic waves or streams of particles?

electrons

Each energy shell is made up of one or more ___________ traveling with a particular frequency.

standing wave

Each energy shell of an electron is a(n) ________ of vibrations of the electron.

Thomas Young

His double slit experiment seemed to settle the question about the nature of light—light definitely consisted of waves.

photons

Light consists of ____ that travel as waves.

particle

Light emission is explained by the __________ theory of light.

complementarity

Niels Bohr, one of the most important scientists in the history of atomic research, called this relationship between these two aspects _____________.

ultraviolet catastrophe

Scientist call the failure of a blackbody to emit high levels of radiation in the ultraviolet light range the _____.

negatively

The "raising pudding" model of the atom had a positively charged "sea" of pudding with _______ charged electrons floating around it, like raisins.

absorption, emission

The _______ frequencies of an element are exactly the same as the ________ frequencies of that element.

standing wave

The electron must find an energy level where its oscillations form a(n) ________.

Thomson

The electron was discovered by _______ in 1897.

Planck's constant

The energy of a photon is found by multiplying the frequency of the light wave by _____________.

direction of spin

The fourth quantum number has to do with _____.

protons

The nucleus of an atom contains certain number of _______ and a certain number of neutrons

particle

The only way the the photoelectric effect can be satisfactorily explained is by the __________ theory of light.

photoelectric effect

The phenomenon of electrons being emitted when light strikes a metal surface is called the _____.

electrons

The planetary model of an atom has _______ orbiting the nucleus.

uncertainty principle

The principle that it is impossible to be sure of both the position and momentum of an electron at any one instant is called the ________.

cloud

The probabilities on an electron's position are best visualized with an electron ________ diagram.

principal or first

The quantum number associated with the energy shell level in which the electron is located at any one time is the _______ quantum number.

Planck

The scientist who gave a quantum description and formula to describe the curve of radiation in blackbodies was _____.

Sommerfeld

The scientist who responsible for introducing the second and third quantum numbers was _____.

shape of the orbital

The second quantum number has to do with _____.

orbital's orientation

The third quantum number has to do with _____.

Werner Heisenberg

The uncertainty principle is mostly related to _____.

Erwin Schrödinger

Which scientist suggested that a wave equation could determine the probability of an electron occupying any particular shell?

Louis de Broglie

Which scientist suggested that particles of matter in motion should have wave properties?

Werner Heisenberg

Which scientist's uncertainty principle stated that it was impossible to be certain about the precise position and momentum of an electron at any one instant?

Rutherford

___________ proposed the planetary model of the atom.


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