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The Development of Atomic Structure

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement describes the earliest model of the atom?

a)

An atom is an indivisible hard sphere

b)

An atom has a small, dense nucleus

c)

Electrons are negative particles in an atom

d)

Electrons in an atom have wave-like properties.

2.

Who thought that atoms were tiny, solid spheres with no smaller particles within them. and also predicted that atoms could not be destroyed?

a)

Democritus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Thomson

3.

The main ideas of Dalton's theory were:

1. All matter is composed of ------------ atoms.

2. All the atoms of a given element are ---------.

(a)  

4.

In 1808, John Dalton proposed his atomic theory. Recall which of the following statements is one of the main ideas of Dalton's atomic theory.

a)

Atoms are solid spheres

b)

All matter is composed of indivisible atoms

c)

Atoms are made up of smaller charged particles

5.

Who carried out a cathode ray experimentand discovered Electrons in 1897?

a)

J. J. Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

John Dalton

d)

Chadwick

6.

Who proposed a model of the atom that is now called the plum pudding model?

a)

J J Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

James Chadwick

d)

John Dalton

7.

Who discovered Protons when he carried out a gold foil experiment in 1911?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

James Chadwick

c)

Neil Bohr

d)

Erwin Schrudinger

8.

Name the person who discovered the nucleus.

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

James Chadwick

c)

John Dalton

d)

Issac Newton

9.

Rutherford carried out an experiment where he fired a stream of alpha particles at a very thin sheet of gold foil. He found that most of the alpha particles passed straight through the foil, while some were deflected at a small angle and some were deflected directly back.


Specify what this experiment told Rutherford about the structure of the atom.

a)

Atoms are indivisible solid spheres

b)

All atter is made up of atoms

c)

Electrons are scattered through a positive shpere

d)

Atoms have a small, dense and posititvely charged nucleus at the centre.

10.

Name the person who discovered neutrons.

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

Antoine Lavoisier

c)

John Dalton

d)

James Chadwick

11.
Neutrons are found in the...
a)
Nucleus
b)
Electron Cloud
c)
Electrons
d)
Protons
12.
Electrons have a ___________ charge.
a)
Positive
b)
Negative
c)
Neutral
13.
Who believed that electrons were scattered amongst positively charged material.
a)
JJ Thomson
b)
Ernest Rutherford
c)
John Dalton
d)
Niels Bohr
14.
Believed that electrons traveled around the nucleus in definite paths.
a)
Niels Bohr
b)
John Dalton
c)
Modern Atomic Theory
d)
Ernest Rutherford
15.
Believed that all atoms of the same element would be the same.
a)
John Dalton
b)
JJ Thomson
c)
Niels Bohr
d)
Modern Atomic Theory
16.
Determined that electron paths cannot be predicted and exist inside the Electron Cloud.
a)
Schrodinger & Heisenberg
b)
Ernest Rutherford
c)
John Dalton
d)
Democritus
17.

Which is an electron?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

18.

The 'atoma' in Greek means

a)

the smallest

b)

the greatest

c)

indivisible

d)

incredible

19.

What did James Chadwick discovered ?

a)

Neutrons contribute almost half of the mass of an atom

b)

Neutrons are found in the nucleus of an atom

c)

Protons are found in the nucleus of an atom

d)

Nucleus is the centre of the atom

20.

Which of the following is correct?

a)

Ernest Rutherford discovered neutron

b)

John Dalton discovered proton

c)

J.J Thomson discovered electron

d)

Niels Bohr discovered nucleus