a. Define the wavelength and frequency of a wave.
b. Relate the wavelength, frequency, and speed of light.
c. Describe the different regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
d. State Planck’s quantization of vibrational energy.
e. Define Planck’s constant and photon.
f. Describe the photoelectric effect.
g. Calculate the energy of a photon from its frequency or wavelength.
h. State the postulates of Bohr’s theory of the hydrogen atom.
i. Relate the energy of a photon to the associated energy levels of an atom.
j. Determine the wavelength or frequency of a hydrogen atom transition.
k. Describe the difference between emission and absorption of light by an atom.
l. State the de Broglie relation.
m. Calculate the wavelength of a moving particle.
n. Define quantum mechanics.
o. State Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
p. Relate the wave function for an electron to the probability of finding the electron at a location in space.
q. Define atomic orbital.
r. Define each of the quantum numbers for an atomic orbital.
s. State the rules for the allowed values for each quantum number.
t. Apply the rules for quantum numbers.
u. Describe the shapes of s, p, and d orbitals