Asked by julie

The diagram shows Niels Bohr’s model of an atom.


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What happens when the electron moves from the first energy level to the second energy level?
Energy is absorbed, and an emission line is produced.
Energy is released, and an emission line is produced.
Energy is absorbed by the atom.
Energy is lost from the atom.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Energy is absorbed by the atom.

Moving from the first to the second level is a transition to higher energy, so the electron must absorb energy (usually a photon). This produces an absorption line, not an emission line.