Atomic Structure Study Guide

The building blocks of matter that make up everything are called:

• proton

• atom

• molecule

• nucleus

The subatomic particles are:

• atoms

• protons

• neutrons

• nucleus

• electrons

The subatomic particles that go in the nucleus of an atom :

• proton

• neutron

• electron

The positive subatomic particle is:

• proton

• neutron

• electron

The negative subatomic particle is:

• proton

• neutron

• electron

The neutral subatomic particle is:

• proton

• neutron

• electron

The charge of the nucleus is:

• positive

• negative

• neutral

The man who made the first complete model of the atom that looked like planets going around the sun (even though he wasn't totally right) was:

• Democritus

• JJ Thomson

• Ernest Rutherford

• Niels Bohr

The place where electrons are found according to modern atomic theory is the:

• electron oort

• energy levels

• electron orbitals

• nucleus

The man who discovered electrons and showed what he thought they looked like in a Plum Pudding model was:

• Democritus

• JJ Thomson

• Ernest Rutherford

• Niels Bohr