Energy levels
What Energy levels means in Combined Science GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Reference: AQA
Electrons are arranged at different distances from the nucleus, and these different distances are called energy levels.
Electrons orbit the nucleus only at specific distances, and each allowed orbit corresponds to a particular energy.
Topics that use Energy levels
- The development of the model of the atom (common content with physics) (AQA GCSE)
- The structure of an atom (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Structure of the atom
- Absorption of electromagnetic radiation
- Atomic models
- Atomic structure
- Charge and neutrality
- Charge and repulsion
- Charge distribution
- Concentration of mass and charge in the nucleus
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