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Electrons in a hydrogen atom must be in one of the allowed energy levels. If an electron is in the first energy level, it must have exactly -13.6 eV of energy. If it is in the second energy level, it must have -3.4 eV of energy. An electron in a hydrogen atom cannot have -9 eV, -8 eV or any other value in between. Let's say the electron wants to jump from the first energy level, n = 1, to the second energy level n = 2. The second energy level has higher energy than the first, so to move from n = 1 to n = 2, the electron needs to gain energy.
So, when they're in an atom, they're generally in the lowest possible energy level that they can occâ¦upy, called its ground state, which translates roughly to doing the bare minimum amount of work to get by (I can relate!) But, when you apply some energy to that atom, the electron gets excited and jumps out to a higher energy level.