Atomic Theory Quiz

What is the difference between a scientific law and a scientific theory?

• Nothing, they are the same thing.

• A law is something that can be proven and a theory is an educated guess

• A theory is something that can be proven and a law is an educated guess

• You can be arrested if you don't follow the law.

Who came up with the first atomic theory?

• Dalton

• Socrates

• Thomas

• Rutherford

What did Thomson's atomic theory model look like?

• A ring with gold foil in the middle.

• Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

• A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

• A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

What did Bohr's atomic theory model look like?

• A ring with gold foil in the middle.

• Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

• A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

• A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

The cloud model is what we use for the atomic theory now. What does the cloud model look like?

• A ring with gold foil in the middle.

• Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

• A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

• A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

What is a positively charged particle?

• neutron

• electron

• proton

• atom

What is a negatively charged particle?

• neutron

• electron

• proton

• atom

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What is a particle with no charge?

• neutron

• electron

• proton

• atom

An experiment is performed on plants to see how different liquids affect plant growth. Each plant in the experiment is given a different liquid; water, apple juice, or milk. Each plant has the same amount of soil, sunlight, and listens to the same music. In this investigation, the independent variable is ...

• type of plant

• the amount of sunlight

• the type of music

• the type of liquid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Each horizontal row on the periodic table is called a what?

• Group

• Row

• Period

• Family