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6th grade atom test

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an atom?

a)

A metal

b)

A negatively charged particle that orbits the nucleus

c)

A small particle that makes up most types of matter, made of protons, neutrons and electrons

d)

A row of the periodic table

2.

What is the nucleus?

a)

The center of an atom

b)

A negatively charged particle that orbits the nucleus

c)

A small particle that makes up most types of matter

d)

The row of the periodic table

3.

What is the atomic mass?

a)

The mass of an element

b)

The weight of an element

4.

What is the atomic weight?

a)

The mass of an element

b)

The weight of an element

5.

What is the atomic or element symbol?

a)

The number of neutrons in an element

b)

The abbreviation for the name of an element

c)

The number of protons in an element

d)

The atomic mass

6.

What can you tell from a Bohr model?

a)

number of electrons

b)

number of protons

c)

number of energy levels (or shells)

d)

number of neutrons

7.

What are negatively charged particles?

a)

protons

b)

electrons

c)

neutrons

8.

What are positively charged particles?

a)

protons

b)

electrons

c)

neutrons

9.

What are neutral particles?

a)

protons

b)

electrons

c)

neutrons

10.

An element is

a)

the center of an atom

b)

a pure substance

c)

a chart that shows all the well known elements

d)

the weight of an element

11.

The columns of the periodic table are called

a)

periods

b)

groups

12.

The rows of the periodic table are called

a)

periods

b)

groups

13.

The period (row) of the periodic table tells you

a)

how many electrons are in the outer shell

b)

how many electron shells there are

14.

The group (column) of the periodic table tells you

a)

how many electrons are in the outer shell

b)

how many electron shells there are

15.

What has mass and occupies space?

a)

atomic weight

b)

negative

c)

matter

d)

Bohr Model

16.

What element is this?

a)

Tin

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Helium

d)

Zinc

17.

What element is this?

a)

Tin

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Helium

d)

Zinc

18.

What element is this?

a)

Tin

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Helium

d)

Zinc

19.

What element is this?

a)

antimony

b)

boron

c)

oxygen

d)

fluorine

20.

What element is this?

a)

antimony

b)

boron

c)

oxygen

d)

fluorine

21.

What element is this?

a)

Tin

b)

Sodium

c)

Bismuth

d)

Argon

22.

What element is this?

a)

antimony

b)

boron

c)

oxygen

d)

fluorine

23.

What element is this?

a)

uranium

b)

mercury

c)

neon

d)

lead

24.

What element is this?

a)

uranium

b)

mercury

c)

neon

d)

lead

25.

What element is this?

a)

uranium

b)

mercury

c)

neon

d)

lead

26.

What element is this?

a)

titanium

b)

scandium

c)

cobalt

d)

copper

27.

What element is this?

a)

titanium

b)

scandium

c)

cobalt

d)

copper

28.

Periodic Table - What period is this element in?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

29.

Periodic Table - What period is this element in?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

30.

Periodic Table - What period is this element in?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

31.

Periodic Table - What period is this element in?

a)

4

b)

5

c)

6

d)

7

32.

Period 5, Group 11 what element is there?

a)

nickel

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

platinum

33.

Period 4, Group 10 what element is there?

a)

nickel

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

platinum

34.

Period 6, Group 11 what element is there?

a)

nickel

b)

silver

c)

gold

d)

platinum

35.

Riddle - I am in Period 2 and belong to the same group as Silicon

a)

Boron

b)

Zinc

c)

Carbon

d)

Nitrogen

36.

Riddle - I have 2 more protons than Phosphorus

a)

Chlorine

b)

Argon

c)

Antimony

d)

Nitrogen

37.

I am the only metalloid to have 3 energy levels

a)

Aluminum

b)

Silicon

c)

Phosphorus

d)

Flourine

38.

I am the only element with no neutrons in my nucleus

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Helium

c)

Lithium

d)

Neon