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8th_Ch3.1_atoms, bonding & the periodic table

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

Which of the following is NOT part of the modern model of the atom?

a)

a nucleus is in the center of the atom

b)

protons are in the nucleus

c)

electrons are in the nucleus

d)

neutrons are in the nucleus

2.

What determines the identity of an atom?

a)

number of protons

b)

number of neutrons

c)

number of electrons

d)

number of valence electrons

3.

What determines the reactivity of an element?

a)

number of protons

b)

number of neutrons

c)

number of electrons

d)

number of valence electrons

4.

A(n) ____________ ______________ is the force of attraction that holds atoms together based on the arrangement of electrons between them.

a)

electron cloud

b)

chemical bond

c)

positive charge

d)

negative charge

5.

An atom's valence electrons are those electrons that have the _______________ energy.

a)

lowest

b)

highest

6.

Atoms tend to be stable and nonreactive if they have ______ valence electrons.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

7.

In the periodic table, what is the name for a vertical column of elements?

a)

group

b)

period

8.

In the periodic table, the number of valence electrons in each element ___________ from left to right across each period.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

9.

The reactivity of a METAL depends on how easily it _______ its valence electrons.

a)

loses

b)

gains

10.

The reactivity of a NONMETAL depends on how easily it _______ valence electrons.

a)

loses

b)

gains

11.

Which group is nonreactive?

a)

metals

b)

nonmetals

c)

noble gases

d)

halogens

12.

Within each _________ in the periodic table, elements have similar properties because they have the same number of valence electrons.

a)

period

b)

group

13.

What shows the number of valence electrons in an atom in pictorial fashion?

a)

chemical symbol

b)

periodic table

c)

electron dot structure

d)

atomic number