True or False.

1)Electrons give off light as they drop to lower energy levels.

2)Electrons travel around the nucleus as waves.

3)A photon of low frequency light has more energy than a photon of high frequency light.

4)Orbitals with equal energy levels each contain one electron before any of them contain a second electron.

5)In the ground state, an electron occupies the orbital with the lowest energy that is not occupied.

6) Electrons change energy levels through a quantum leap.

well, 3 is clearly false. 2 depends on what one means by "travel around" means. I would say it is false, but some first year chem teachers would say it is sort of true. 1 depends on "light". Gives off energy is true, so that one depends on what one believes to be light. Most of it is not visible light.

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1) True.

To understand why electrons give off light as they drop to lower energy levels, we need to know about the concept of electronic transitions. When an electron transitions from a higher energy level to a lower energy level, it releases energy in the form of light. This energy is emitted as a photon, which is a quantum of light. The energy of the emitted light corresponds to the difference in energy between the two energy levels.

2) False.
According to the Bohr model of the atom, electrons do not travel around the nucleus as waves. Instead, they are assigned to specific energy levels or orbitals around the nucleus. The wave-like behavior of electrons is better explained by quantum mechanics, where electrons are described by wave functions that determine the probability of finding them in a particular region around the nucleus.

3) False.
The energy of a photon is directly proportional to its frequency, not the other way around. According to the equation E = hf, where E is the energy of a photon, h is Planck's constant, and f is the frequency of the photon, it is clear that a photon with higher frequency has more energy. So, a photon of high frequency light has more energy than a photon of low frequency light.

4) True.
This statement is known as Hund's rule, which states that before any orbital in a subshell is doubly occupied by electrons, all the orbitals in that subshell must have at least one electron. This means that in a given energy level or subshell, each orbital must contain one electron before any of them contain a second electron.

5) True.
The ground state of an electron in an atom refers to the lowest energy level or orbital that is not occupied. Electrons in atoms fill orbitals starting from the lowest energy level and gradually fill higher energy levels as the lower ones become filled according to the Aufbau principle.

6) False.
The concept of a "quantum leap" is a popular but inaccurate term used to describe the transition of an electron from one energy level to another. In reality, electrons transition between energy levels through discrete changes and do not jump randomly or instantaneously. Quantum mechanics provides a more accurate understanding of these energy transitions, which occur according to specific rules and probabilities described by wave functions and quantum numbers.