1. Ground State vs. Excited State Electrons
All E-configs we’ve spoken about so far have been ground state….

2. Ground State e- 1s22s22p3 Definition:
Most stable electron configuration
electrons occupy the lowest possible energy levels
1s22s22p3

3. Excited State e-
Definition: e- have absorbed energy and jumped energy levels
The more energy it absorbs the higher it will jump.
1s22s22p23s1

4. Ground State to Excited State

5. Excited State down to Ground State

6. Bright line emission spectra

7. If you hold a prism to light you will see a continuous spectrum of color.
ROYGBIV

8. like fingerprints identify us
However, light produced by electrons produce narrow lines of color
used to identify elements in the universe
like fingerprints identify us

9. Line Spectra examples

10. THE END