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THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF MATTER

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the positively charged part of an atom?

a)

J.J. Thompson

b)

John Dalton

c)

Eugen Goldstein

d)

Ernest Rutherford

2.

What subatomic particle has a negative charge?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

nucleus

3.

How did J.J. Thompson discover the corpuscles? Through the:

a)

Gold foil experiment

b)

Cathode ray tube experiment

c)

Alpha particle experiment

d)

Electron cloud

4.

Why did the alpha particles deflect when it hit the nucleus?

a)

because the nucleus is positively charged

b)

because the nucleus is negatively charged

5.

Who proposed the idea that electrons revolve around the nucleus?

a)

Democritus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Neils Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

6.

Who proposed the Plum pudding model?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Eugen Goldstein

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

J.J. Thompson

7.

Who proposed the idea of neutrons?

a)

John Dalton

b)

James Chadwick

c)

Aristotle

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

8.

Where can the electrons be found?

a)

outside the nucleus

b)

inside the nucleus

9.

What subatomic particle has a positive charge?

a)

electron

b)

neutron

c)

proton

d)

quark

10.

Who was the first one to propose the existence of tiny particles?

a)

James Chadwick

b)

Aristotle

c)

Democritus

d)

John Dalton

11.

What is the name of the current model of an atom?

a)

Plum Pudding Model

b)

Electron Cloud

c)

Solid Sphere

d)

Quantum mechanical model

12.

Who said that atoms are indestructible and indivisible?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Eugen Goldstein

c)

Democritus

d)

John Dalton

13.

What are the three major subatomic particles?

a)

electrons, protons, quarks

b)

quarks, protons, neutrons

c)

neutrons, protons, electrons

d)

electrons, neutrons, quarks

14.

Who proposed that electrons move rapidly?

a)

John Dalton

b)

James Chadwick

c)

Eugen Goldstein

d)

Erwin Schrodinger

15.

What subatomic particle avoids the repulsion of like charges in an atom?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

quark