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OCR: Quanta PACKETS of light energy emitted by atoms QUANTA are produced when electron particles switch energy levels. Electrons orbit the nucleus (center) of atoms When they receive energy such heat they switch to an outer orbit. They then drop back to their original posi tion expelling the extra energy quanta (one is a quan tum)