Atomic Spectrum Picture Vocabulary

Electromagnetic Spectrum

• A continuum of all electromagnetic waves

  arranged according to frequency and wavelength

• The specific wavelengths of electromagnetic

  radiation emitted by the electrons of atoms or

  molecules as those electrons return to a lower

  and more stable energy state

• The ability of a

  system to do work

  or produce heat

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

Emission Spectra

• The ability of a

  system to do work

  or produce heat

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

• The specific wavelengths of electromagnetic

  radiation emitted by the electrons of atoms or

  molecules as those electrons return to a lower

  and more stable energy state

• A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior

  as it travels through space; part of the

  electromagnetic spectrum

Energy

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

• The ability of a

  system to do work

  or produce heat

• A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior

  as it travels through space; part of the

  electromagnetic spectrum

• An elementary particle that is the smallest

  possible amount of light and all other forms of

  electromagnetic radiation that can interact with

  anything

Frequency

• A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior

  as it travels through space; part of the

  electromagnetic spectrum

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers

  energy progressively from point to point without

  the field or particles having any net movement

  themselves

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

• An elementary particle that is the smallest

  possible amount of light and all other forms of

  electromagnetic radiation that can interact with

  anything

Light

• A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior

  as it travels through space; part of the

  electromagnetic spectrum

• An elementary particle that is the smallest

  possible amount of light and all other forms of

  electromagnetic radiation that can interact with

  anything

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers

  energy progressively from point to point without

  the field or particles having any net movement

  themselves

• The distance between two adjacent crests or

  troughs of a wave

Photon

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers

  energy progressively from point to point without

  the field or particles having any net movement

  themselves

• The distance between two adjacent crests or

  troughs of a wave

• A continuum of all electromagnetic waves

  arranged according to frequency and wavelength

• An elementary particle that is the smallest

  possible amount of light and all other forms of

  electromagnetic radiation that can interact with

  anything

Wave

• The distance between two adjacent crests or

  troughs of a wave

• A disturbance in particles or a field that transfers

  energy progressively from point to point without

  the field or particles having any net movement

  themselves

• A form of energy that exhibits wavelike behavior

  as it travels through space; part of the

  electromagnetic spectrum

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

Wavelength

• The ability of a

  system to do work

  or produce heat

• The number of wave cycles that pass a given

  point per unit of time

• The distance between two adjacent crests or

  troughs of a wave

• The specific wavelengths of electromagnetic

  radiation emitted by the electrons of atoms or

  molecules as those electrons return to a lower

  and more stable energy state