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The Discovery of the Atom

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the first discovered part of the atom?

a)

Electron

b)

Proton

c)

Neutron

d)

quark

2.

Democtrius' theory believed that all matter was made of tiny distinct elements.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What is the mass number of an element?

a)

the amount of protons

b)

the amount of electrons, protons, and neturons

c)

the amount of protons and neutrons

d)

the average mass of an element's isotopes.

4.

What is the atomic mass?

a)

the average of the mass of the element's isotopes

b)

the average mass of electrons

c)

the average mass of the netrons and electrons

d)

the average mass of all atoms divided by 1800.

5.

What makes an ion postive?

a)

The loss of an electron.

b)

The loss of a neutron.

c)

The loss of a proton.

d)

The loss of an electron's outer shell.

6.

A negative ion loses an electron.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

The Bohr's model of the atom shows...

a)

electrons moving in random, straight lines

b)

electrons moving in circular motions around a nucleus.

c)

electrons moving throughout the entire atom

8.

What is an ion?

a)

An atom that gains or loses electrons

b)

Pieces of the atom that are atoms of the same element

c)

An atom that is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons in an element.

9.

Aristotle believed that all matter is made of....

a)

Fire

b)

Air

c)

Water

d)

Earth

e)

All of these.

10.

The isotope is the change in what number of the nucleus?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

d)

Protons and Neutrons

11.

The names of quarks are: left, right, change and charm

a)

up and down

b)

gumball and darwin

12.

Rutherford and his students discovered which part of the atom?

a)

The nucleus

b)

The protons

c)

the nucleus and proton

d)

the outer edge of the electrons

13.

The discovery of alpha decay is always the same. What happens in alpha decay?

a)

Protons are lost and the atom becomes an ion.

b)

Neutrons are lost and the atom does not change.

c)

Two neutrons and Protons are lost and the atom changes by two.

d)

The decay does nothing to the atom.

14.

Beta decay is a constant type of decay and always has the same effect on an atom.

a)

A proton is lost and a neutron is gained and gamma rays are emitted.

b)

A neutron changes to a proton and the atom becomes a new element.

c)

An electron explodes and changes the whole periodic table.

d)

The hulk smashes atoms and oh what a mess.

15.

Gamma ray decay has no particles and because of that

a)

does not change into any new element.

b)

makes little hulks of tons of matter.

c)

changes all atoms at all times.

d)

makes the periodic table of elements upredictable.