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Year 9 Science | Inside the atom

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many electrons does iron have?

a)

56

b)

26

c)

30

d)

82

2.

Name the pictured element.

a)

Nitrogen

b)

Nickel

c)

Sodium

d)

Neon

3.

What is the number of protons that the element in this image contain?

a)

18

b)

14

c)

15

d)

7

4.

What is the atomic mass of the pictured isotope?

a)

17

b)

18

c)

35

d)

36

5.

What model of an atom is shown in the diagram?

a)

nuclear

b)

Dalton

c)

gamma

d)

plum pudding

6.

Most of the mass in an atom is made up of _____________________?

a)

protons and electrons

b)

protons and neutrons

c)

neutrons and electrons

d)

electrons and quarks

7.

What is fired at the gold foil in this experiment?

a)

beta particles

b)

alpha particles

c)

gamma rays

d)

protons

8.

Different isotopes have different _____________.

a)

Different masses

b)

Different electrons

c)

Different atomic numbers

d)

Different protons

9.

How many different types of atoms are elements made from?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

10.

How many neutrons does a Carbon 13 atom have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

11.

The atomic number of an element tells you

a)

how many protons and neutrons it has

b)

the mass of the nucleus

c)

how many isotopes it has

d)

how many protons it has

12.

Uranium-238 decays into Thorium-234 by emitting

a)

a neutron

b)

an alpha particle

c)

a beta particle

d)

a gamma particle

13.

What is an atom mostly made up of?

a)

empty space

b)

electrons

c)

protons

d)

alpha particles

14.

Up to how many electrons are on the shells after the first shell?

a)

8

b)

6

c)

4

d)

2

15.

What part of the atom has no charge?

a)

proton

b)

atom

c)

electron

d)

neutron

16.

In a correctly written symbol what would be located in the "Z" position?

a)

number of neutrons

b)

number of electrons

c)

atomic mass

d)

atomic number

17.

How many neutrons does iron have?

a)

56

b)

30

c)

26

d)

82

18.

What orbits the nucleus?

a)

proton

b)

nucleus

c)

electron

d)

neutron

19.

What part of the atom has a mass of nearly 0?

a)

proton

b)

atom

c)

electron

d)

neutron

20.

Name the scientist who carried out the "gold foil experiment".

a)

Thompson

b)

Bohr

c)

Rutherford

d)

Dalton