Physics GCSE
Bohr's electron shells and energy levels
What Bohr's electron shells and energy levels means in Physics GCSE, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Bohr's electron shells and energy levels
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Reference: OCR
Electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed shells or energy levels, explaining why atoms emit and absorb particular energies.
Topics that use Bohr's electron shells and energy levels
- The particle model (OCR GCSE)
Related terms
- conservation of mass
- Density
- Density as a property of a material
- Density equation
- Explaining density differences using the particle model
- Movement of particles in each state
- Particle arrangement in solids, liquids and gases
- Proportional reasoning with inverse relationships
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