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Atoms Practice

Total questions: 64

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Oxygen has an atomic number of 8. What can you conclude from this fact?

a)

An atom of oxygen has 8 protons

b)

An atom of oxygen has 8 positirons

c)

An atom of oxygen has 4 protons and 4 electrons

d)

An atom of oxygen weighs 8 grams

2.

What two types of particles exist within an atomic nucleus?

a)

Electrons and neutrinos

b)

Neutrons and nuclei

c)

Protons and neutrons

d)

Positrons and neutrinos

3.

Normal neutral iron usually has:

a)

26 protons, 29 neutrons, 26 electrons

b)

26 protons, 30 neutrons, 28 electrons

c)

26 protons, 30 neutrons, 26 electrons

d)

30 protons, 26 neutrons, 26 electrons

4.

How many neutrons are seen in Phosphorus-31?

a)

15

b)

16

c)

30.974

d)

31

5.
What charge does a proton have?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
no charge
d)
neutral
6.
What charge does an electron have?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
neutral
d)
no charge
7.
What charge does a neutron have?
a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
no charge
d)
neutral
8.
Where are protons located in the atom?
a)
orbitals
b)
nucleus
c)
rings
d)
positive
9.
Where are neutrons located in the atom?
a)
shells/orbitals
b)
rings
c)
center
d)
nucleus
10.
How does the size of an electron compare to the size of a proton?
a)
larger
b)
smaller
c)
equal
11.
What part of the atom did Rutherford discover?
a)
orbitals
b)
protons
c)
electrons
d)
nucleus
12.
True or False: There is nothing smaller than an atom.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
The word “atom” comes from the Greek “atomos” meaning …
a)
Invisible
b)
Tiny
c)
Indivisible
d)
Indestructable
14.
Dalton’s atomic theory says that all atoms of one element are the same. 
a)
True
b)
False
15.

The smallest particle of an element.

a)

Element

b)

Molecule

c)

Atom

16.

These will determine what type of element an atom is

a)

number of neutrons

b)

number of electrons

c)

number of atoms

d)

number of protons

17.

The number 16 for the atomic element sulfur is the

a)

ionic number

b)

isotope

c)

atomic mass

d)

atomic number

18.

How many protons does sulfur have?

a)

32

b)

16

c)

48

d)

12

19.

How many electrons does a sulfur -2 ion have?

a)

14

b)

16

c)

18

d)

32

e)

48

20.

In a neutral atom, the number of protons is equal to the number of ____________.

a)

energy levels

b)

neutrons

c)

neurons

d)

electrons

21.

What is the mass number of the most common type of "F"

a)

9

b)

18

c)

17

d)

19

22.
An atom of the element with atomic number 6 always has _____.
a)
six protons in its nucleus
b)
an atomic mass of six
c)
more than six neutrons
d)
six electron clouds
23.
What are subatomic particles? 
a)
the nucleus 
b)
electron cloud
c)
positive charge
d)
electrons, protons, and neutrons
24.
How many protons are in this element?
a)
79
b)
196
c)
117
d)
Cannot be determined
25.

What is the mass number of Bromine (atomic number = 35)?

a)

35

b)

45

c)

79

d)

80

26.

How many neutrons does Hydrogen-3 contain?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

0

27.

How many electrons does a neutral atom of Iodine have?

a)

53

b)

126

c)

73

d)

179

28.

How many neutrons does the most common isotope of oxygen (Oxygen-16) have?

a)

8

b)

16

c)

24

d)

7.999

29.

How many electrons does a Copper +2 ion have?

a)

27

b)

29

c)

31

d)

60

30.
How many protons are in Beryllium?
a)
4
b)
9
c)
5
d)
2
31.

What is the 32.065 for Sulfur?

a)

atomic number

b)

mass number

c)

atomic mass

d)

number of electrons

32.

Atomic mass is

a)

the total number of neutrons and protons in an atom

b)

the total number of neutrons in an atom

c)

the weight of just the neutrons and protons in an atom

d)

the average mass of an atom of that type of element

33.

Both Matter and Energy have mass and volume

a)

True

b)

False

34.

Energy takes up space and has mass

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Which is a 'testable guess'?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

36.

Which is a guess that has been tested multiple times and has never been shown to be false?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

37.

Which is a comparison that differs by one variable from another test?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Theory

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

38.

Which is the one factor that you purposely change in an experiment?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Dependent variable

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

39.

Which is the thing that you measure to determine whether the variable you changed has an effect?

a)

Hypothesis

b)

Dependent variable

c)

Control Group

d)

Independent Variable

40.

What do you call an atom that has a different amount of neutrons from an atom of the same type?

a)

ion

b)

isotope

c)

neutrotype

41.

What do you call an atom that has a different amount of electrons from an atom of the same type?

a)

ion

b)

isotope

c)

electrotype

42.

What is the mass of a proton?

a)

much less than 1 amu

b)

much more than 1 amu

c)

about 1 amu

d)

about 1 gram

43.

If an atomic nucleus was about the size of a small marble, it would weigh as much as

a)

a marble

b)

a bowling ball

c)

a dust speck

d)

200 cars

44.

If an atomic nucleus was the size of a small dot on your paper, the closest electron would be

a)

a cm away

b)

a foot away

c)

a hundred yards away

45.

Opposite charges

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

neither attract or repel

46.

Two negative charges would

a)

attract

b)

repel

c)

neither attract or repel

47.

an electron and proton have

a)

the same magnitude of charge

b)

a different magnitude of charge

c)

the same type of charge

48.

What keeps an electron from flying away from a nucleus?

a)

string

b)

charge attraction to the nucleus

c)

gluons

d)

magic

49.

Who was the first to come up with an idea that matter was made of tiny recyclable particles

a)

Rutherford

b)

Dalton

c)

Lavoisier

d)

Thomson

e)

Kanada or Democritus

50.

Who was the first to do experiments to come up with the idea of the Law of Conservation of Matter/Mass

a)

Rutherford

b)

Dalton

c)

Lavoisier

d)

Thomson

e)

Kanada or Democritus

51.

Who was the first to come up with a precise statement about atoms, that was built upon experimental evidence, and talked about how atoms were similar, different, and could form compounds

a)

Rutherford

b)

Dalton

c)

Lavoisier

d)

Thomson

e)

Kanada or Democritus

52.

Who was the first to do experiments that showed the atom was mostly empty space with its mass mostly concentrated in an un-imaginably dense nucleus

a)

Rutherford

b)

Dalton

c)

Lavoisier

d)

Thomson

e)

Kanada or Democritus

53.

What is happening when you touch someone with your fingertip?

a)

your atoms are bonding to theirs

b)

your atoms are physically touching theirs

c)

you are actually repelling them with your finger

54.

It is actually true that if you could magnify things enough, you would see that you are actually hovering above your chair

a)

True

b)

False

55.

Which atomic model is actually the most accurate

a)

the Democritus/Kanada model

b)

the Bohr electron shell model

c)

the quantum wave model

56.

Which atomic model depicts electrons acting like particles moving in circular orbits around a nucleus?

a)

the Democritus/Kanada model

b)

the Bohr electron shell model

c)

the quantum wave model

d)

the Thomson plum pudding model

57.

Which atomic model depicts electrons acting like both waves and particles so that they exist in weird shaped orbitals

a)

the Democritus/Kanada model

b)

the Bohr electron shell model

c)

the quantum wave model

d)

the Thomson plum pudding model

58.

Which atomic model does not contain electrons

a)

the Democritus/Kanada model

b)

the Bohr electron shell model

c)

the quantum wave model

d)

the Thomson plum pudding model

59.

How many neutrons does sulfur-34 have?

a)

34

b)

48

c)

16

d)

18

60.

Which particle weighs a tiny bit more than 1 amu but rounds to 1 amu if you round to the ones place?

a)

an electron

b)

a proton

c)

a neutron

61.

Which particle weighs about 1/1836 amu?

a)

an electron

b)

a proton

c)

a neutron

62.

If a neutral atom loses an electron it will be?

a)

positive

b)

negative

c)

sad (don't pick this)

63.

What would you call a particle with 8 protons, 8 neutrons and 6 electrons?

a)

an Oxygen atom

b)

an Oxygen ion

c)

a Carbon ion

d)

a Silicon ion

64.

Which of the following is the smallest and is the major component of the others

a)

quarks

b)

neutrons

c)

protons