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Yr 9 Science half yearly revision

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Identify which of the following is in the nucleus of an atom.

a)

protein

b)

neutron

c)

electron

2.

Calculate the number of electrons in calcium.

a)

40.1

b)

20

c)

40.078

3.

To calculate the number of neutrons in an element, which of the following would I use?

a)

Look at the atomic number

b)

Subtract the atomic mass from the atomic number

c)

Subtract the atomic number from the atomic mass

4.

Calculate the number of neutrons in calcium to one decimal place.

a)

40.1

b)

20.0

c)

20.1

5.

Which statement below is correct ?

a)

2 (red) = groups and 1 (green) = periods

b)

1(green) = groups and 2 (red) = periods

6.

As you move from left to right on the periodic table which of the following is true about the atomic number?

a)

Increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

7.

Which scientist used a beam of alpha particles to test the plumb pudding "choco cookie" model ?

a)

Dalton

b)

Bohr

c)

Rutherford

8.

What year did Bohr create his useful diagrams?

a)

2018

b)

1913

c)

1909

9.

What term describes these elements?

a)

Metals

b)

Isotopes

c)

Nice o topes

10.

Which of the following is an example of an isotope?

a)

U235

b)

plastic 246

c)

U 1

11.

Marie Curie was a famous female scientist who's work with isotopes eventually led to her death. What did they emit that make her sick?

a)

light

b)

heat

c)

alpha, beta, gamma radiation

12.

Why is it unsafe to place a metal knife in a toaster?

a)

It will bend

b)

It will conduct electricity

c)

It will heat up

13.

Alfred Wagener proposed which theory?

a)

Continental drift

b)

Plate tectonics

c)

Continental soup

14.

Wegener couldn't explain why continents move but later it was discovered that the mechanism was.........

a)

convection currents

b)

Conduction currents

c)

radiation currents

15.

Identify the name given to the land mass when all continents were joined 225 MA (million years ago)

a)

Gondwana

b)

Pangea

c)

Laurasia

16.

What is the term used to describe the northern hemisphere 150 Ma

a)

Gondwana

b)

pangea

c)

Laurasia

17.

Identify the name of theory that explains how tectonic plates move.

a)

Continental drift

b)

global tectonics

c)

plate tectonics