Chemistry Quiz

What are found in the nucleus of an atom?

• Electrons and Protons

• Protons and Neutrons

• Cations and Anions

• Electrons and Neutrons

What is the negatively charged particle of an atom?

• Electrons

• Protons

• Neutron

• Molecule

What is the positively charged particle of an atom?

• Electrons

• Protons

• Neutron

• Molecule

What is the particle of an atom that has no electrical charge?

• Electrons

• Protons

• Neutron

• Molecule

The word “atom” comes from Greek “Atomos” which means what?

• Extremely Small

• Invisible

• Indivisible

• Microscopic

Who was the first person to propose that atoms have weights?

• Ernest Rutherford

• Democritus

• John Dalton

• Joseph John Thomson

Who discovered the electron?

• Joseph John Thomson

• John Dalton

• Humphrey Davy

• Ernest Rutherford

Who discovered the proton?

• Eugene Goldstein

• Pierre Curie

• Ernest Rutherford

• Michael Faraday

Who discovered the neutron?

• James Chadwick

• Eugene Goldstein

• Niels Bohr

• Julius Lothar Meyer

What is anything that occupies space and has mass?

• Element

• Ion

• Matter

• Molecule