What is a major shortcoming of the Bohr model?
A) It explains the spectral characteristics of hydrogen.
B) It accounts for the existence of line spectra.
C) It requires that the energy in the atom be quantized.
D) It implies that a one electron system can have four colors of light in its line spectrum.
E) It does not explain the spectra of multielectron atoms.

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The Bohr model is limited to explaining the spectral characteristics of hydrogen and does not account for the spectra of multielectron atoms.

What Is a Major Shortcoming of the Bohr Model