WorksheetsLet's get atomic!
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which philosopher said "everything changes"?
a)
Parmenides
b)
Heraclitus
c)
Democritus
d)
Ralph
2.
Which philosopher said "change is logically impossible"?
a)
Parmenides
b)
Heraclitus
c)
Democritus
d)
Biff
3.
How can matter change yet maintain its existence?
a)
It can't, when change occurs something new is created
b)
Because change doesn't necessarily relate to causation
c)
Matter is made of indestructible units called atoms
d)
Uh, science?
4.
Who determined that each element corresponds to a unique atom?
a)
John Dalton
b)
John Stewart
c)
John Appleby
d)
John Elway
5.
When did a new theory atoms become linked to scientific experimental evidence?
a)
20th century
b)
18th century
c)
19th century
d)
Last Friday
6.
Compounds are made of what?
a)
Molecules
b)
Atoms
c)
Gold
d)
Guacamole
7.
Molecules are made of what?
a)
Atoms in indefinite proportions
b)
Atoms in definite proportions
c)
Atoms in any proportion
d)
Cheerios
8.
Who developed a system of chemical symbols based on atomic mass?
a)
John LeCarre
b)
John McEnroe
c)
John Dalton
d)
John Lennon
9.
Who discovered the electron?
a)
JJ Thomson
b)
JJ Trapper
c)
JJ Watt
d)
J Jonah Jameson
10.
An electron has what type of charge?
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral
d)
Both positive and negative
11.
How many electrons would it take to weigh the same as the lightest atom?
a)
One
b)
200
c)
2000
d)
I don't remember because I wasn't paying attention
12.
Thomson compared his model for the atom to what food item?
a)
Chocolate pudding
b)
Figgy pudding
c)
Plum pudding
d)
A Hawaiian pizza
13.
Ernest Rutherford and his team worked at which university?
a)
Manchester University
b)
Michigan University
c)
Denver University
d)
Hogwarts University
14.
Rutherford and his team fired charged particles at a piece of what?
a)
Tin foil
b)
Gold foil
c)
Silver foil
d)
Toilet paper
15.
Rutherford called positively charged particles ____________.
a)
Gamma rays
b)
Gamma particles
c)
Alpha particles
d)
Steve particles
16.
The two students who helped Ernest Rutherford were named _____________ and ___________________.
a)
Hans and Ernest
b)
John and Dalton
c)
JJ and Fritz
d)
Homer and Marge
17.
Accelerating charges radiate what?
a)
Energy
b)
Light
c)
Heat
d)
Radiation
18.
Danish physicist Niels Bohr revised the atomic model in what year?
a)
1914
b)
1913
c)
1915
d)
2018
19.
Bohr's model suggests that electrons must be orbiting the nucleus in certain fixed energy levels, or ________.
a)
Loops
b)
Cocoons
c)
Shells
d)
Circles
20.
According to Heisenberg, any attempt to study the electron will alter its what?
a)
Position
b)
Momentum
c)
Direction
d)
Facebook status
21.
Problems with the planetary model led to the the development of what model?
a)
The clam shell model
b)
The dubious model
c)
The charge-cloud model
d)
The super model
22.
What do scientists use today to calculate the points in space that an electron has the highest probability of occupying?
a)
Math
b)
Computers
c)
Algebra
d)
Da science
23.
Erwin Schrodinger developed a paradox that explained the difficulties of quantum mechanics. It was known as ______________.
a)
Schrodinger's cat
b)
Schrodinger's mouse
c)
Schrodinger's dog
d)
What's a paradox?
24.
Rutherford suggested that electrons orbit the atomic nucleus like planets around the _______.
a)
Sun
b)
Moon
c)
Stars
d)
Pluto
25.
A pure substance that can't be separated into simpler substances by physical or chemical changes is called an _______.
a)
Neutron
b)
Electron
c)
Element
d)
Proton
26.
This part of an atom contains the positively charged center.
a)
Nucleus
b)
Proton
c)
Neutron
d)
Protoneutrons
27.
Elements on a periodic table are arranged __________.
a)
By atomic number
b)
Alphabetically
c)
Randomly
d)
By how cool they are
28.
The sum of the protons and neutrons in an atom is known as ________.
a)
Atomic Number
b)
Protoneutron Number
c)
Mass Number
d)
5
29.
Each proton and neutron has a mass of ______ amu.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
20000
30.
The smallest particle into which an element can be divided and still be the same substance is known as an ___________.
a)
Atom
b)
Element
c)
Proton
d)
Barry
31.
Positively charged particles found in the nucleus of an atom. They have a charge of +1.
a)
Electrons
b)
Neutrons
c)
Protons
d)
Electrolytes
32.
Negatively charged particles found in the clouds of atoms. They have a charge of -1.
a)
Electrons
b)
Neutrons
c)
Protons
d)
Elements
33.
Particles found in the nucleus of an atom that no charge but have mass are called ___________.
a)
Neutrons
b)
Electrons
c)
Protons
d)
AMU
34.
AMU stands for what?
a)
Atomic Mass Unit
b)
Atomic Metric Unit
c)
Atoms Meticulous Universe
d)
All Monkeys Unite
35.
The table of elements that organizes them according to a regular, repeating pattern is called the __________ ___________.
a)
Atomic Mass Unit
b)
Periodic Table
c)
Mass Number Table
d)
Dinning Room Table
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