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Atoms Parts and Theory

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these men said that atoms were indivisible AND had evidence to support his atomic theory?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

2.

Which of these men is credited with discovering the electron AND that atoms were divisible?

a)

Dalton

b)

Goldstein

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

3.

What is Rutherford credited with finding?

a)

electrons and protons

b)

the nucleus and protons

c)

the nucleus and electron orbitals

d)

protons and neutrons

4.

How did Niels Bohr say electrons traveled?

a)

wherever they wanted outside the nucleus

b)

within the electron cloud in s, p, d, and f orbitals

c)

in equally filled orbits around the nucleus

d)

in defined energy levels (never between), in orbits around the nucleus

5.

Which man used the work of others to create the Quantum Mechanical Model?

a)

Schrodinger

b)

Bohr

c)

de Broglie

d)

Heisenberg

6.

Which of these is true of a nucleus?

a)

contains electrons and neutrons and is negative

b)

contains protons and electrons and is neutral

c)

contains protons and neutrons and is positive

d)

contains protons and neutrons and is neutral

7.

According to the most recent evidence, where specifically are electrons located?

a)

In orbits circling the nucleus

b)

In the electron cloud outside of the nucleus

c)

In discreet energy levels, in orbitals with either s, p, d or f shapes.

d)

Inside the nucleus

8.

Which of these is true of neutrons?

a)

smaller than electrons and neutrally charged

b)

bigger than protons and negatively charged

c)

bigger than protons a neutrally charged

d)

smaller than protons and negatively charged

9.

Which of these is true of electrons?

a)

smaller than protons and neutrally charged

b)

bigger than protons and negatively charged

c)

bigger than protons a neutrally charged

d)

smaller than protons and negatively charged

10.

Which of these is true of protons?

a)

smaller than electrons and positively charged

b)

bigger than neutrons and negatively charged

c)

smaller than neutrons a positively charged

d)

bigger than electrons and negatively charged

11.

Which of these has a mass of 1 amu?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

nucleus

12.

Which of these are positively charged?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

nucleus

e)

atoms

13.

Which of these are neutrally charged?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

nucleus

e)

atoms

14.

Which of these are negatively charged?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

metal ions (cations)

e)

nonmetal ions (anions)

15.

Which of these are inside the nucleus?

a)

electrons

b)

protons

c)

neutrons

d)

orbitals

16.

Which two things add up to be the mass number?

a)

protons and neutrons

b)

protons and electrons

c)

neutrons and electrons

d)

electrons and quarks

17.

What would be the atomic number of an element with 4 protons?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

18.

How many protons would an element with atomic number 18 have?

a)

18

b)

9

c)

8

d)

10

19.

How many neutrons would an element with atomic number 5 and mass number of 11 have?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

11

d)

16

20.

How would the isotope for the element with atomic number 5 and mass number 11 be written?

a)

Boron-5

b)

Boron-11

c)

Sodium-5

d)

Sodium-11

21.

What block is zinc located in?

a)

s

b)

p

c)

d

d)

f

22.

Located in Period (Row) 4 of the periodic table, what energy level does zinc's last electrons fill?

a)

4th

b)

3rd

c)

5th

d)

2nd

23.

Which of these is the electron configuration of zinc? (element 30)

a)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10

b)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 4d10

c)

1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6

d)

1s2 1p6 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10

24.

What would be the noble gas configuration of zinc?

a)

[Ar] 4s24d10

b)

[Kr] 4s23d10

c)

[Ar] 4s23d10

d)

[Ne] 3s23p64s23d10

25.

What is the noble gas configuration of 1s2 2s2 2p6 3s2 3p6 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d4?

a)

[Ar] 4s2 3d10 4p6 5s2 4d4

b)

[Kr] 5s2 4d4

c)

[Rb] 5s2 4d4

d)

[Xe] 5s2 4d4