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The lowest-energy state of an atom, with the electron in the smallest orbit, is called what?
AFirst excited state
BThe ground state
CA metastable state
DThe ionised state
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The ground state
The n = 1 state has the lowest energy and smallest radius, and is named the ground state.
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