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Matter and Atoms

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Anything that has mass and takes up space is called ____________.

a)

Atom

b)

Element

c)

Molecule

d)

Matter

2.

___________is the basic unit from which all matter is made.

a)

Element

b)

Atoms

c)

Molecule

d)

Matter

3.

What subatomic particle has a positive charge?

a)

Neutron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

photon

4.

Which subatomic particle is the heaviest?

a)

neutron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

quark

5.

Which subatomic particle is NOT located in the nucleus?

a)

neutron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

gluon

6.

Which of the following is NOT a property of electrons?

a)

They can act as both a particle and a wave.

b)

They are positively charged.

c)

We cannot know how fast they are going or where they are at the same time.

d)

They exist in orbitals (2 per orbital)

e)

Electrons are really weird

7.

Who first proposed that everything is made of tiny indivisible particles?

a)

Democritus

b)

Rutherford

c)

Dalton

d)

Bohr

8.

Whose atomic theory proposed that indivisible atoms combine in whole number ratios?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

JJ Thomson

d)

Rutherford

e)

Chadwick

9.

Which of the following best describes the plum pudding model of the atom?

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Which best describes Rutherford's theory of the atom?

a)

Plum Pudding Model

b)

Indivisible particles

c)

The atom is mostly empty space, with a nucleus in the middle

d)

Electrons live in orbitals

11.

Which of the following best describes Bohr's model for the atom?

a)
b)
c)
d)
12.

What did Chadwick discover?

a)

The proton

b)

The neutron

c)

The electron

d)

The atom

13.

How is the quantum model different from all the previous atomic models?

a)

It has wave-like electrons existing in orbitals.

b)

In has electrons orbiting the nucleus like planets around the sun.

c)

It has a nucleus.

d)

It has three subatomic particles

14.

Who believed that everything is made from four elements: fire, water, earth and wind?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Aristotle

d)

Rutherford

15.

What did the above experiment demonstrate?

a)

Everything is made of tiny indivisible particles.

b)

Atoms combine in whole number ratios.

c)

Atoms consist of positive and negative charge.

d)

Atoms have a positively charged dense nucleus, and most of the atom consists of empty space.

16.

Which of the following is NOT one of the three basic ingredients of the universe?

a)

earth

b)

intelligence

c)

matter

d)

energy