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WorksheetsAtoms - Metals/Non-Metals
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the charge of an electron?
a)
Positive
b)
Neutral
c)
Negative
d)
Balanced
2.
What makes an atom neutral?
a)
A balance of charges
b)
Multiple neutrons
c)
Electrons in the nucleus
d)
Being French
3.
What is located within the nucleus of an atom?
a)
Nuclear power
b)
Protons and electrons
c)
Protons and neutrons
d)
Neutrons and electrons
4.
What is all matter made of?
a)
Substances
b)
Cells
c)
Atoms
d)
Compounds
5.
Where are electrons located?
a)
In orbiting shells
b)
Within the nucleus
c)
Attached to protons
d)
Attached to neutrons
6.
What are valence electrons?
a)
Electrons with a high valency
b)
Electrons in the outer-most shell
c)
Electrons in the inner-most shell
d)
Electrons with a high charge
7.
What has no charge in an atom?
a)
Protons
b)
Neutrons
c)
Nucleus
d)
Electrons
8.
What does the mass number show?
a)
Electrons and protons
b)
Only protons
c)
Protons and neutrons
d)
Nucleus and protons
9.
What is positive within a nucleus?
a)
Proton
b)
Positron
c)
Neutron
d)
Megatron
10.
What is the atomic mass of Ar?
a)
9
b)
18
c)
7
d)
21
11.
Ca is the symbol for which element?
a)
Krypton
b)
Calcium
c)
Potassium
d)
Carbon
12.
How many electrons are able to fit into the first shell?
a)
18
b)
2
c)
8
d)
32
13.
What does the atomic number show?
a)
Only protons
b)
Only neutrons
c)
Protons and neutrons
d)
Nuclear mass
14.
What element has an atomic number of 5?
a)
Helium
b)
Carbon
c)
Boron
d)
Potassium
15.
What is an ion?
a)
An atom with a neutral charge
b)
An atom with a positive or negative charge
c)
An atom with ONLY a positive charge
d)
An atom with ONLY a negative charge
16.
What is a cation?
a)
A negatively charged ion
b)
A positively charged ion
c)
A neutral atom
d)
A cat ironing its clothes
17.
What is an anion?
a)
A neutral atom
b)
Onion spelt with an 'A'
c)
A negatively charged ion
d)
A positively charged ion
18.
How does an ion become positively charged?
a)
The gain of neutrons
b)
The loss of electrons
c)
The gain of protons
d)
By pepping itself up with good music
19.
How does an ion become negatively charged?
a)
The loss of protons
b)
Doubling its atomic mass
c)
The gain of electrons
d)
By not studying atomic theory
20.
What charge is a Sodium ion?
a)
1+
b)
2+
c)
3+
d)
1-
21.
What charge is a fluorine ion (fluoride)?
a)
2-
b)
1-
c)
3+
d)
1+
22.
What is the formulas and overall charge of table salt?
a)
NaNaCl, and 1+ charge
b)
NaCl, and 0 charge
c)
ClNa, and 0 charge
d)
NaCl, and 1+ charge
23.
What is the difference between a compound and a mixture?
a)
A compound has chemical bonding, a mixture does not
b)
A mixture has chemical bonding, a compound does not
c)
The spelling
d)
Neither include elements
24.
How many electrons does a neutral atom with four protons have?
a)
6
b)
8
c)
4
d)
2
25.
If the mass number is 30, and the proton number is 14, what is the neutron number?
a)
14
b)
30
c)
16
d)
44
26.
What are the horizontal rows of the periodic table known as?
a)
Horizontal rows
b)
Periods
c)
Horizontals
d)
Groups
27.
What are the vertical columns of the periodic table known as?
a)
Groups
b)
Vertical columns
c)
Periods
d)
Verticals
28.
What are the three major categories of the periodic table?
a)
Alpha, Beta & Gamma
b)
Metals, Non-Metals and Metalloids
c)
Metals, Semi-metals and Metalloids
d)
Non-Metals, Semi-Metals and Metalloids
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