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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.

What happens when the electron moves from the first energy level to the second energy-example-1
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If an electron moves up from the first orbit to the higher energy levels, energy will be absorbed by the electron itself and no emission line produced.
But if it moves from the orbits 6,5,4 and 3 to orbit 2, energy will be released by the electron and different emission lines wll be produced.
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Your answer is: Energy is absorbed by the atom.

this is correct hope it helps:)

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