Which of the electron transitions represents an example of absorption with the greatest energy?

Which of the following electron transitions represents an example of absorption with the greatest energy? So remember, greatest energy means the greatest distance traveled by the electron. All of these are examples of absorption, We want the one with the greatest energy, therefore, the greatest distance traveled. Going back, taking a look at the concept video where I showed how when the shell numbers increase, the distance between them decreases. So the first shell and into the second shell is a big jump. To the 3rd shell, it's not quite as much space, to the 4th shell, to the 5th shell. So as we go higher and higher, the distance between the shells gets smaller and smaller. From the 1st shell to the 4th shell, would be all the way up here. From the 2nd to the 3rd, it'd just be this. From the 6th to 7th, that's so high up that the distance would be very small, and same thing from the 5th shell to the 6th shell. So we can see here in this representation that the distance between the first shell to the 4th shell is much greater than the distance between the second and third. Since this has a greater distance traveled, it has greater energy. That means option a is our correct answer.

Which of the electron transitions represents an example of absorp...

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Which of the electron transitions represents an example of absorption with the greatest energy?

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