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WorksheetsAtomic Theory
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
What is inside the nucleus of an atom?
Only Protons
Only Neutrons
Protons and Neutrons
Protons and Electrons
What determines an atom's physical properties?
protons
neutrons
electrons
mass
What is the atomic number?
number of atoms
number of protons
number of neutrons
mass of the atom
What two particles make up the atomic mass unit?
electrons and neutrons
electrons and protons
protons and neutrons
quarks and muons
Why did Democritus call the smallest bits of matter "atomos"?
Atomos means tiny
Atomos means uncuttable
Atomos means atom
Atomos means cut
True or False: Atoms cannot be created or destroyed.
True
False
J.J. Thompson is credited with discovering
atoms
protons
neutrons
electrons
While trying to prove his teacher's theory, Rutherford accidentally discovered:
protons
neutrons
electrons
the nucleus
True or False: Atoms are mostly empty space.
True
False
The Bohr model suggests that electrons travel in very specific paths around the nucleus, called:
satellites
orbits
clouds
regions
The closer electrons are to the nucleus, the ____ energy they have.
more
less
same amount
What did Rutherford expect to happen when he performed the gold foil test?
The particles would bounce back
The particles would all go straight through
He would discover electricity
He would discover the nucleus
