
Quiz on Atomic Structure
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12th Grade

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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which conclusion directly resulted from the “gold foil experiment?”
Atoms are mostly empty space.
Atoms are hard, indivisible spheres.
Electrons are located in shells.
Electrons have a small mass.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the wave-mechanical model of an atom, an orbital is defined as
a region of the most probable neutron location
a region of the most probable electron location
the straight-line path of a neutron
the straight-line path of an electron
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the wave-mechanical model, in the ground state, the 10 electrons of a neon atom would be located
in the nucleus
in orbitals
in the first shell
in the valence shell
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An experiment using alpha particles to bombard a thin sheet of gold foil indicated that most of the volume of the atoms in the foil is taken up by
electrons
protons
neutrons
empty space
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The atoms in a sample of an element are in excited states. A bright-line spectrum is produced when these atoms
absorb energy
absorb positrons
emit energy
emit positrons
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which conclusion was proposed as a result of an experiment during which some alpha particles were deflected while passing through a thin sheet of gold foil?
Atoms are hard, indivisible spheres.
Atoms have small, dense, positive nuclei.
Atoms contain negatively charged particles.
Atoms have electrons with wavelike properties.
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which proposal in the development of the modern model of the atom was made before the others?
Atoms are hard, indivisible spheres of different sizes.
Atoms are mostly empty space with a small dense nucleus.
Atoms have electrons that have wavelike properties.
Atoms have an internal structure that contains negative particles.
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