According to Bohr's model of the atom, the higher the orbital in which the electrons are found, the higher their energy or excitation state. Therefore, the electrons with the least amount of energy are those at the lowest orbitals, which are closer to the nucleus. These orbitals are characterized by 4 quantum numbers, namely the principal quantum number (n), orbital angular momentum quantum number (l), the magnetic quantum number (ml), and the electron spin quantum number (ms). The principal quantum number reflects the distance of the electrons from the nucleus with n=1 as the orbital closest to the nucleus. Thus, according to Bohr's model, electrons in the orbital with n=1 have the lowest energy.
