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Subatomic Particles - Electrons, Protons, Neutrons

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is matter?

a)

Anything that has mass and occupies space

b)

Anything that transfers energy

c)

Anything that moves through space

2.

What is the main difference between John Dalton's and J.J. Thomson's models of an atom?

a)

John Dalton thought that atoms are divisible and J. J. Thomson determined that atoms are indivisible

b)

John Dalton thought that atoms are indivisible and J. J. Thomson determined that atoms are divisible after he discovered electrons

c)

Both, Dalton and J.J. Thomson proposed that atoms are indivisible particles.

3.

What does it mean - subatomic particles?

a)

Particles that cannot be divided further

b)

Particles that are smaller than an atom and make up an atom

c)

Particles that are bigger than an atom and contain an atom in them

d)

Particles that are the same size as an atom

4.

Choose 3 main subatomic particles of an atom from the list below.

a)

Nucleus

b)

Electron

c)

Element

d)

Proton

e)

Neutron

5.

What is an electron?

a)

It is a positively charged subatomic particle

b)

It is a negatively charged subatomic particle

c)

It is a neutral (no electrical charge) subatomic particle

6.

What is a proton?

a)

It is a positively charged subatomic particle

b)

It is a negatively charged subatomic particle

c)

It is a neutral (no electrical charge) subatomic particle

7.

What is a neutron?

a)

It is a positively charged subatomic particle

b)

It is a negatively charged subatomic particle

c)

It is a neutral (no electrical charge) subatomic particle

8.

Who discovered the electron?

a)

English chemist - John Dalton

b)

English physicist - J.J. Thomson

c)

English physicist from New Zealand - Ernest Rutherford

d)

Greek philosopher - Democritus

9.

What is the electrical charge of an electron?

a)

+1 (positive)

b)

0 (neutral)

c)

-1 (negative)

10.

What is the electrical charge of a proton?

a)

+1 (positive)

b)

0 (neutral)

c)

-1 (negative)

11.

What is the electrical charge of a neutron?

a)

+1 (positive)

b)

0 (neutral)

c)

-1 (negative)

12.

What kind of equipment was used to discover the electron?

a)

A round-bottom glass flask for carrying out chemical reactions

b)

A Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)

c)

Electron Transmission Microscope (ETM)

d)

A chamber producing alpha particles going through a gold foil surrounded by a screen (Gold Foil Experiment)

13.

What kind of equipment was used to discover the proton?

a)

A round-bottom glass flask for carrying out chemical reactions

b)

A Cathode Ray Tube (CRT)

c)

Electron Transmission Microscope (ETM)

d)

A chamber producing alpha particles going through a gold foil surrounded by a screen (Gold Foil Experiment)

14.

What kind of interaction does occur between particles that have opposite charges?

a)

The particles repel from each other

b)

The particles attract to each other

15.

What kind of interaction does occur between particles that have same charges?

a)

The particles repel from each other

b)

The particles attract to each other

16.

What is an anode?

a)

Positively charged electrode made from metal.

b)

Negatively charged electrode made from metal.

c)

Neutral plate, made from metal

17.

What is a cathode?

a)

Positively charged electrode, made from metal.

b)

Negatively charged electrode, made from metal.

c)

Neutral plate, made from metal

18.

What is a cathode ray?

a)

A glowing beam of negatively charged particles that move in a straight line from the anode to the cathode.

b)

A glowing beam of negatively charged particles that move in a straight line from the cathode to the anode.

c)

A beam of electrons produced by the sun.

19.

A cathode ray in a CRT travels from...

a)

A negatively charged electrode - cathode

b)

A positively charged electrode - anode

c)

A positively charged electrode - cathode

20.

A cathode ray in a CRT travels toward...

a)

A negatively charged electrode - cathode

b)

A positively charged electrode - anode

c)

A positively charged electrode - cathode

21.

Which electrical charge does the cathode ray have?

a)

negative charge

b)

positive charge

c)

no charge

22.

What happens to the cathode ray when it travels between electrically charged metal plates.

a)

The cathode ray gets attracted toward a positively charged metal plate

b)

The cathode ray gets attracted toward a negatively charged metal plate

c)

The cathode ray does not change its trajectory and continues moving toward the anode

23.

Why did J. J. Thomson and R.A. Millikan conclude that an electron is a fundamental subatomic particle of an atom?

a)

They noticed that different substances in their experiments produced identical negatively charged particles with the same mass and the same charge.

b)

They noticed that different substances in their experiments produced different negatively charged particles with different mass and different charge that depended on the substance.

c)

They noticed that different substances in their experiments produced different negatively charged particles with different mass and the same charge.

24.

What are the main characteristics of J. J. Thomson's model of an atom?

a)

An atom has a spherical shape and cannot be divided further

b)

An atom has different shapes and cannot be divided further

c)

An atom contains negatively charged particles (electrons), which are evenly distributed inside of a positively charged space of an atom. Atom is divisible particle of matter.

d)

An atom contains negatively charged particles (electrons), which move around a positively charged nucleus of an atom. Atom is divisible particle of matter.

25.

What is the name of J. J. Thomson's model of an atom?

a)

Indivisible Marble Model

b)

Indivisible Cones and Cylinders Model

c)

Plum-Pudding Model

d)

Electron Cloud Model

26.

Who is Robert A. Millikan?

a)

The English physicist who discovered the electron

b)

The U.S. physicist who determined the charge of the electron and calculated an electron's mass.

c)

The English physicist who discovered the neutron

d)

The German physicist who discovered the proton

e)

The German physicist who developed his theory of relativity

27.

Who is Eugen Goldstein?

a)

The English physicist who discovered the electron

b)

The U.S. physicist who determined the charge of the electron and calculated an electron's mass.

c)

The English physicist who discovered the neutron

d)

The German physicist who discovered the proton

28.

Who is James Chadwick?

a)

The English physicist who discovered the electron

b)

The U.S. physicist who determined the charge of the electron and calculated an electron's mass.

c)

The English physicist who discovered the neutron

d)

The German physicist who discovered the proton

29.

Who is J. J. Thomson?

a)

The English physicist who discovered the electron

b)

The U.S. physicist who determined the charge of the electron and calculated an electron's mass.

c)

The English physicist who discovered the neutron

d)

The German physicist who discovered the proton

30.

The relative mass of a neutron is equal to

a)

the mass of an electron

b)

the mass of a proton

c)

the mass of two protons combined together

31.

The relative mass of the electron is

a)

the same as a mass of the proton

b)

the same as a mass of the neutron

c)

almost 2000 times lighter than the mass of the proton or the neutron

32.

The relative mass of the proton is equal to

a)

1 atomic mass unit (amu)

b)

2 atomic mass unit (amu)

c)

0 atomic mass unit (amu)

33.

What does "CRT" stand for?

a)

Cathode Ray Tube

b)

Community Renewal Team

c)

Cathode Race Track

34.

What are canal rays?

a)

Rays composed of positively charged particles (protons) that produced in a CRT and traveling from the anode to the cathode

b)

Rays composed of positively charged particles (protons) that produced in a CRT and traveling from the cathode to the anode

c)

Rays composed of negatively charged particles (electrons) that produced in a CRT and traveling from the cathode to the anode

35.

Choose the correct value of an Angstrom from the list below

a)

1 °A = 0.1 m or 10-1 m

b)

1 °A = 0.1 nm or 10-10 m

c)

1 °A = 1 nm or 10-9 m

36.

What is an Atom?

a)

It is the smallest particle of an element that doesn't change into a particle of another element during a chemical change.

b)

It is the smallest particle of an element that change into a particle of another element during a chemical change.

c)

The smallest fundamental particle of the universe.