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WorksheetsNuclear Structure
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 4mins
The atomic number is equivalent to which of the following?
A. The number of neutrons in the atom.
B. The number of protons in the atom.
C. The number of nucleons in the atom.
D. The number of 𝛼–particles in the atom.
Which of the following particles has the smallest mass?
A. Proton
B. Electron
C. Neutron
D. Nucleus
What law did Ernest Rutherford use to estimate the size of the nucleus?
A. Conservation of nucleon number
B. Conservation of angular momentum
C. Conservation of linear momentum
D. Conservation of energy
Why are nuclear energy levels more complex than electron energy levels?
A. Nuclear energy levels depend only on attractive forces.
B. Nuclear energy levels depend on attractive and repulsive forces.
C. Nuclear energy levels are an order of one hundred times as great as electron energy levels.
D. Electron energy levels depend on the interaction between neutrons and electrons
Which of the following about the nuclear force is true?
A. It is an attractive force between electrons and protons in an atom.
B. It is an attractive force between electrons and neutrons in an atom.
C. It is much weaker than the electromagnetic force.
D. It is much weaker than the gravitational force.
E. It is a strong, short-range, attractive force between the nucleons.
Isotopes of an element:
A. have the same number of protons and electrons, but a different number of neutrons.
B. have the same number of protons and neutrons, but a different number of electrons.
C. have a different number of protons.
D. have different numbers of electrons.
E. have the same number of neutrons and protons
Binding energy is:
A. the amount of energy required to break a nucleus apart into protons and neutrons.
B. the amount of energy required to break a nucleus apart into protons and electrons.
C. the amount of energy required to break a nucleus apart into electrons and neutrons.
D. the amount of energy released when neutrons change energy levels.
E. the amount of energy released when protons change energy levels.
When nucleons form a stable nucleus, binding energy is:
A. created from nothing.
B. destroyed into nothing.
C. transformed into visible light.
D. absorbed as high energy photons or particles.
E. released as high energy photons or particles.
An isotope with a high Binding Energy per nucleon:
A. will decay in a short period of time.
B. is very unstable.
C. is very stable.
D. has very few electrons.
E. has more protons than neutron
Why do heavier nuclei have a greater ratio of neutrons to protons than lighter nuclei?
A. to add more nucleons so that the binding energy is greater.
B. to provide a greater weak nuclear force.
C. to provide a more attractive electromagnetic force.
D. to provide a more attractive strong nuclear force to balance the repulsive electromagnetic force.
E. to provide a more repulsive strong nuclear force to balance the attractive electromagnetic force.
Which of the following about the gamma-ray is true?
A. It carries a positive charge.
B. It carries a negative charge.
C. It can be deflected by a magnetic field.
D. It can be deflected by an electric field.
E. It has zero rest mass and a neutral charge.
The radius R of a nucleus is given by :
R = R0A−31
R= R0A−32
R= R0A31
R= R0A3
.A nucleus with A=235 spilts into two nuclei of mass numbers in the ratio 1 : 2.The ratio of the radii of the new nuclei are
1: 2
1: 1.26
8: 1
None
Nuclear force is:
Spin independent
Both charge and spin-independent
Spin dependent but charge independent
Charge dependent
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The mass of the nucleus must be less than the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.
The mass of the nucleus must be equal to the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons
The mass of the nucleus must be greater than the sum of the masses of the constituent neutrons and protons.
The mass of the nucleus must be equal to only the masses of the constituent neutrons.
The order of magnitude of the binding energy per nucleon in a nucleus is:
1 MeV
10MeV
0.1MeV
0.01MeV
The nucleus which is an isotope of Cl-37 and also an isobar of Ar-18 has mass number A and atomic number Z given by:
A=35,Z=18
A = 37, Z = 17
A = 39, Z = 17
A = 37, Z = 19
The asymmetry term in semi-empirical mass formula is due to:
non-spherical shape of the nucleus
the non-zero spin of the nucleus
the unequal number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus
the odd number of protons inside the nucleus
According to the shell model of the nucleus
magic numbers exist
nucleons interact with their nearest neighbors only
nucleons in a nucleus interact with a general force field
large electronic quadrupole moment exists for certain nuclei
Which one of the following nuclei is ‘doubly magic’?
Sn50120
Pb20882
Sr3888
None
The volume of a nucleus in an atom is proportional to the :
Mass number
Proton number
Neutron number
Electron number
The Surface-energy term appears in the semi-empirical mass formula as a result of
repulsion between the charged particles, protons, in the nucleus
reduction of total binding energy due to nucleons on the surface of the nucleus
an excess number of neutrons in the nucleus
intrinsic nucleonic spin
The binding energy per nucleon:
increases steadily as we go to heavier elements.
decreases steadily as we go to heavier elements.
is approximately constant throughout the periodic table, except for very light nuclei.
has a maximum near iron in the periodic table.
The atomic mass unit is defined as
the mass of a proton.
the mass of an electron.
the mass of a hydrogen-1 atom.
one twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom.
The Heisenberg Principle states that _____________.
no two electrons in the same atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers.
two atoms of the same element must have the same number of protons.
it is impossible to determine accurately both the position and momentum of an electron simultaneously.
electrons of atoms in their ground states enter energetically equivalent sets of orbitals singly before they pair up in any orbital of the set.
