Atoms Vocabulary and Unit quiz

What is the smallest particle of an element?

• matter

• cell

• atom

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What are small particles with a negative charge that travel fast around an atom?

• proton

• electron

• neutron

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

What is one of nature's most basic substances, that is made up of a single kind of atom

• element

• compound

• chemical reaction

What is a particle found in the nucleus of an atom with a positive electrical charge?

• proton

• electron

• neutron

What is a particle found in the nucleus of an atom with a neutral electrical charge?

• proton

• electron

• neutron

What is a subatomic particles that form protons and neutrons?

• electrons

• nucleus

• quarks

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

_____________________ is the amount of matter contained in a single atom.

• atomic mass

• atomic weight

• subatomic particles

____________ is an atom's dense center containing protons and neutrons

• outer orbit

• nucleus

• mass

What are powerful images taken with cathode rays- can be done on our bones

• radioactive waves

• radioactive rays

• X-rays

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

The atomic number on an element will tell you

• how many neutrons there are in the element

• how many protons there are in an element

• they atomic weight of the element.

• h