ocr: ATOM - - NUCLEUS. e - - - / . - - - - - - ELECTRON An atom can be thought ofasa tiny solar system. Electrons spini in orbits around the nucleus. Ifan electron - 1S given energy,itj jumps to a higher orbit. Wheni it falls back to its original orbit, it releases the extra energy as: a wave of electromagnetic radiation.
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