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HW#12: pg. 97  Rev 7 – 9; CST 7 – 9

Rev 7 – 9

7.    Give a brief description of a hydrogen atom.

8.    What does it mean to say that a physical quantity is quantized? Why do we think that light is quantized?

9.    What is the normal condition for atoms? What is an excited atom? What are orbitals?

 

CST 7 – 9

7.    Compared with a complex atom like neon, a simple atom such as hydrogen has (a) more excited states; (b) fewer excited states; (c) the same number of excited states.

8.    Compared with cooler stars, the hottest stars have absorption lines that are (a) thin and distinct; (b) broad and fuzzy; (c) identical to the lines in cooler stars.

9.    Compared with slowly rotating stars, the fastest spinning stars have absorption lines that are (a) thin and distinct; (b) broad and fuzzy; (c) identical to the lines in the slowly rotating stars.