Metal+vs+Nonmetals+and+Emission+Spectra

=Metal vs Nonmetals and Emission Spectra= Why are the metal ions responsible for producing the colorful emission spectra? What about the non-metals?

What Is An Emission Spectra?
When heat is applied to molecules, atoms, or electrons. The molecules, atoms, or electrons under the effect of the heat begin to move at an even greater speed of motion. Thus producing a range of continuous fields of frequencies that vary in color. This article will discuss the difference of the application of heat on metal elements and nonmetal elements.

What Allows A Spectra Of Metal Ions to Be Such A Way?
A metal ion is responsible for exploiting a colorful spectra due to the position of its valence electrons. In most cases an ion has its valence electrons fill up. Due to that fact the electrons may go through a transition that allows an electron to transfer orbitals. How they transfer is due to the effect of the charge of the ion.

What If I Want More Detail?
Visit the interactive website ... __[|http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/elements/Elements.html]__ Here you will be given a periodic table that shows the different frequencies of each element on the periodic table. First you need to click on the element you wish to learn more about. Then you may observe the element's frequency while it absorbs the energy from the heat and as it emits the energy as its electrons drop back to their regular energy levels.

What Are My Questions?

 * Is there a difference between how metal and nonmetal ions emit a colorful spectra?
 * If so what is the difference?
 * During the absorption of energy that the metal ions would follow through with, could the electrons get so much energy that they would be able to leave the orbitals? {If the ionic charge was negative.}

Sources:
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-59913/electromagnetic-radiation http://stinet.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0694512 http://wwwchem.uwimona.edu.jm:1104/courses/Tanabe-Sugano/TSintro.html