Chapter 7 STARLIGHT AND ATOMS Section 7-1: Atoms - Read pp 127-141 - Study Figure 7-2, 7-3, 7-4 Section 7-2: The Interaction of Light and Matter - Read pp 131-134 - Study Figures 7-5, 7-6, 7-7 Section 7-3 Stellar Spectra - Read p 135 (first column only, stop at "The Balmer Thermometer") Summary Sec 7-1: bullets 1-5 (of 5) Sec 7-2: bullets 1-4 (of 4) Sec 7-3: bullets 1-3 (of 9) New Terms: - temperature - Kelvin temperature scale - absolute zero - electron - thermal energy - black body radiation - wavelength of maximum intensity - spectral line - nucleus - proton - neutron - isotope - ionization - ion - quantum mechanics - permitted orbit - energy level - excited atom - ground state - continuous spectrum - absorption spectrum - emission line - emission spectrum - Kirchoff's Laws - transition - Balmer Series