Electron Energy and Light Worksheet
Explore the relationship between electron energy levels, atomic spectra, and the electromagnetic spectrum with this Grade 10 Science worksheet.
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Electron Energy and Light
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Show all your work for calculations.
1. When an electron moves from a higher energy level to a lower energy level, what happens?
It absorbs energy.
It emits light.
It becomes an ion.
Its mass increases.
2. Which of the following colors of visible light has the highest energy?
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow
3. The specific wavelengths of light emitted by an excited atom create a unique spectrum.
4. The higher the frequency of electromagnetic radiation, the its energy.
5. Explain how the Bohr model describes electron energy levels in an atom.
6. Observe the diagram below, which illustrates the electromagnetic spectrum. Answer the questions that follow.
a) Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the longest wavelength?
b) Which type of electromagnetic radiation has the highest frequency?
7. Electrons can occupy any energy level between the quantized energy levels.
True
False
8. The color of light is determined by its amplitude.
True
False
Match the term on the left with its definition on the right.
9. Photon
a. A quantum of electromagnetic radiation
10. Ground state
b. The lowest energy state of an atom
11. Excited state
c. A higher energy state of an atom