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All waves can be described by their _______, _____, _____, ___
wavelength, frequency, amplitude, speed
In a vacuum, all electromagnetic travel at a speed of ______ m/s.
3 * 10^8
True or False: All electromagnetic waves may be described as both waves and particles.
true
In contrast to the continuous spectrum produced by _________, an element's atomic emission spectrum consists of a series of _________.
white light, fine lines of individual colors
According to the Bohr model of the atom, hydrogen's atomic emissions spectrum results from what?
electrons dropping from higher-energy atomic orbits to lower-energy atomic orbits
What does the de Broglie equation do?
predicts that all moving particles have wave characteristics and relates each particle's wavelength to its mass, its velocity, and Planck's constant
The quantum mechanical model of the atom is based on the assumption that electrons are ______.
waves
The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle states...
that it is fundamentally impossible to know exactly, both the position and the velocity of a particle at the same time
What characters are used to denote the three different types of atomic orbitals?
s p d f
What three rules prescribe electron configuration?
the aufbau princple, Pauli exclusion principle, Hund's rule
The ______ electrons determine the chemical properties of an element
valence
Name two ways in which electron configurations may be represented
orbital diagrams, electron configuration notation, electron-dot structures
Velocity of a wave=
wavelength*frequency
Energy of a quantum=
Planck's constant*frequency
Energy of a photon=
Planck's constant*frequency