Make a rule: How does the energy needed to move an electron to a higher energy level compare to the energy emitted when the electron moves back to the lower energy level

Explanation:

Generally, the energy required to move an electron from one energy level to another energy level is referred to as quantum energy. An atom will absorb energy when it's electron(s) move from a lower energy level (ground state) to a higher energy level (excited state) and will emit energy when it's electron(s) move from a higher energy level to a lower energy level.

Since, electrons do not stay in the excited state forever, they indeed prefer the ground state and thus will always return to the ground state. When an electron thus return to the ground state, it sheds off the excess energy that took it to the excited state thus it can be said that more energy is required to take an electron to it's excited state.

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