Learning Objectives:
Understand when atoms absorb energy electrons move away from the nucleus to higher energy levels
When electrons lose energy, they fall to lower energy levels and release light
Understand that an inverse relationship exists between the frequency and wavelength of light
Understand a direct relationship exists between the frequency and energy of a wavelength of light
Lyman series (ultraviolet light) and related the individual wavelengths of light to the distance the electron fell down to the ground state in a hydrogen atom.
Spectroscopes emission spectra of light from different sources (hydrogen, oxygen, air).
Light Problems
c = f x (lambda)
speed of light = frequency x wavelength