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WorksheetsElements and Atoms
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3mins
The word atom was coined from the Greek word "atomos" which means ___.
small
solid
indivisible
valuable
What were the first two elements formed during the Big Bang?
Oxygen
Carbon
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Helium
Who discovered the neutron of an atom and measured its mass?
John Dalton
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
James Chadwick
In this model, the atom is made up of negative electrons that float in a “soup” of positive charge, much like plums in a pudding or raisins in a fruit cake. Who proposed the plum-pudding model of an atom?
John Dalton
J.B.S. Haldane
Robert Boyle
J.J. Thomson
An atom model that described the atom as a tiny, dense, positively charged core called a nucleus surrounded by lighter, negatively charged electrons.
Ernest Rutherford
Niels Bohr
John Dalton
James Chadwick
___ are the primary substances that compose all matters in our surroundings.
Atoms
Elements
Molecules
Compounds
The number of protons of an atom is called the ___. This number is the same for all atoms of a given element and is unique to that element.
atomic mass
atomic number
nuclear mass
valence
Who discovered the electron of an atom?
Joseph John Thomson
Eugene Goldstein
Ernest Rutherford
Francesco Redi
What are the three subatomic particles?
neutron
electron
positron
proton
gluon
Aristotle believed that all substances on Earth were made up of small amount of the four elements of matter. What were these four elements?
Earth
Water
Fire
Rock
Air
Who discovered the nucleus of an atom through his gold foil experiment?
James Chadwick
J.J. Thomson
Ernest Rutherford
Henry Moseley
His idea of the atom was that of a particle with no parts and no smaller components.
John Dalton
J.J. Thomson
James Chadwick
Eugene Goldstein
___ is the smallest particle of an element that retains the characteristics of the element.
Atom
Molecule
Quark
Hadron
What are the two subatomic particles that are tightly packed in the nucleus of an atom?
electron
neutron
positron
proton
gluon
Atoms of the same element may have different number of neutrons are called ___.
valence
isotopes
neutral atoms
gluons
___ is the ability of an atom in a molecule to attract shared electrons.
Bonding
Electronegativity
Intermolecular force
Chemical reaction
The force that binds two or more atoms together.
chemical bond
electronegativity
chemical Reaction
intermolecular force
Which statement is NOT true of Bohr's model of the atom?
The nucleus can be compared to the sun.
Electrons orbit the nucleus.
Electrons exist in different energy levels.
An electron's path is not known exactly.
An atomic model which shows that electrons orbit around a big nucleus.
plum pudding model
saturnian model
Rutherford's model
Bohr's model
Which statement about atoms of
elements in the same group of the periodic table is TRUE?
They have the same mass number.
They have similar chemical properties.
They have the same number of protons.
They have the same number of total electrons.
