Question

Which of the following statements is most accurate about how individual atoms produce light?

Group of answer choices

Electrons can spontaneously emit a photon of light without dropping to lower energy levels.

Light is not created by atoms, it just passes through them.

Photons are emitted when an electron jumps to higher energy levels in an atom.

An electron in an excited energy level of an atom will always drop to lower energy levels, emitting very specific wavelengths of light in the process.

Answer 1

An electron in an excited energy level of an atom will always drop to lower energy levels, emitting very specific wavelengths of light in the process.