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Region of high probability of finding an electron
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Atomic orbital
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States the impossibility of knowing both the velocity and position of a moving particle at the same time
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Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
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Lowest energy level
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Ground state
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Tendency of electrons to enter orbitals of lowest energy first
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Aufbau principle
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Arrangement of electrons around atomic nucleus
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Electron configuration
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Each orbital has at most two electrons
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Pauli exclusion principle
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Electrons will fill up emtpy orbitals before pairing up
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Hund's Rule
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Outer most electrons in the s and p
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Valence electrons
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Discrete bundle of electromagnetic energy
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Photon
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Energy needed to move an electron form one energy level to another
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Quantum
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Number of wave cycles passing a point per unit of time
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Frequency
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Distance between wave crests
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Wavelength
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Separation of light into different wavelengths
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Spectrum
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Frequencies of light emitted by an element
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Atomic emission spectrum
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