Electrons: Energy, Jumps, and Colors

We never actually know the exact location of an electron. It’s called the Heisenberg Uncertainty

Principle, and the best we can do is say where it lives 90% of the time.

Think of an electron's location like a cosmic address. The main energy level is the state,

the sublevel is the city, and the orbital is the street. Electrons have to

follow strict rules, filling up the lowest energy levels first, like finding the cheapest real estate.

When an electron gets a jolt of energy, it jumps to a higher-energy address. When it falls back

down, it releases that energy as light. That’s literally where colors come

from. The different colors you see are just electrons jumping between their specific