Consider the Bohr Model of Phosphorus below. Which statement is FALSE? (A) The electrostatic potential energy of ALL electrons is negative.

(B) The electrons with the least potential energy are closest to the nucleus.

(C) Energy is released when the electron is ejected from the atom.

(D) When an electron is infinitely far from the nucleus, the electrostatic potential energy is O.

(C) Energy is released when the electron is ejected from the atom.

Explanation:

In the Bohr model of the atom, electrons are arranged in energy levels. The electrons in the lowest energy levels are nearest to the nucleus. An electron may move from a lower to a higher energy level by absorbing energy that is equal to the difference between the energies of the higher and lower energy level.

The potential energy of all electrons inside the atom have negative values and an electron which is infinitely far from the nucleus has an electrostatic potential energy of zero.

Energy is absorbed when an electron is removed from the atom (ionization). Hence the process is highly endothermic. Therefore it is false to say that "Energy is released when the electron is ejected from the atom."

a. energy is absorbed in the reaction.

if in a given reaction the energy of products is greater than the energy of reactants it means that reaction is endothermic and during the reaction, the energy is absorbed by reactants. in an endothermic reaction, the products have more stored chemical energy than the reactants. and in this reaction the reactants are more stable than products before the compounds with less energy are always more stable.