An electron in a hydrogen atom is excited from the n = 1 ground state to the n = 4 excited state. classify the statements about this absorption and emission process as true or false. true false it takes less energy to ionize the electron from the n= 4 state than from the ground state. on average, the electron is closer to the nucleus in the n= 4 state than in the n = 1 state. the wavelength of light emitted when the electron falls from n = 4 to n= 2 is shorter than the wavelength of light emitted when the electron falls from n = 4 to n = 1. the n= 4 excited state is the first possible excited state. the wavelength of light absorbed when the electron is excited from the ground state to n = 4 is the same as the wavelength of light emitted when the electron falls from n = 4 to the ground state.