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Structure of Atom

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is an example of which model of the atom?

a)

Rutherford's Model

b)

Plum Pudding Model

c)

Atomic Model

d)

Bohr's Model

2.

What experiment did J.J. Thomson run to develop his model of the atom?

a)

Gold-Foil Experiment

b)

Definite Proportion Experiment

c)

Cathode-Ray Tube Experiment

d)

No experimentation was done

3.

What did the cathode-ray tube experiment prove?

a)

Atoms could be broken into smaller parts

b)

Atoms caused the changes in matter

c)

Atoms join to create compounds

d)

The center of an atom has a nucleus

4.

What are electrons?

a)

an atom’s central regions, which is made up of protons and neutrons

b)

subatomic particles that have negative charges

c)

subatomic particles that have neutral charges

d)

subatomic particles that have positive charges

5.

When did J.J. Thomson run his cathode-ray tube experiment?

a)

1801

b)

460 BCE

c)

1897

d)

1810

6.
Which model of the atom proposed that atoms were positive spheres with negative electrons in them?
a)
Heliocentric Model
b)
Solid Sphere Model
c)
Plum Pudding Model
d)
Planetary Model
7.

Which particle is responsible for creating ions?

a)

Protons

b)

Neutrons

c)

Electrons

8.

A balloon is rubbed on someone's head. If the balloon now has a negative charge it must have-

a)

gained protons

b)

gained electrons

c)

lost protons

d)

lose electrons

9.

The golden leaves of the electroscope above repel each other when a charge is present. What can be said about the charge of the leaves?

a)

One is positive, the other is negative

b)

Both are positive

c)

Both are negative

d)

Only that they have like charges

10.

JJ Thomson found that the cathode ray tubes were ________________ because they were attracted to the positive plate of an external electric field. 

a)
positive
b)
negative
c)
neutral
11.
The smallest particle of an element that still retains all the properties of that element. 
a)
atom
b)
cathode ray
c)
electron
d)
compound
12.

In the atomic model nicknamed the "plum pudding" model, what do the plums represent?

a)

the nucleus

b)

the atom

c)

the electrons

d)

the positive material

13.

Which scientist is responsible for first stating that all the atoms of a particular element are identical but are different from the atoms of all other elements?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Aristotle

d)

Democritus

e)

Proust

14.

Who discovered the proton?

a)

Chadwick

b)

Goldstein

c)

Rutherford

d)

Thomson

15.

Anode rays/ positive rays were discovered by a German scientist in 1886 in a discharge tube; The name of the scientist and the cathode used was:

a)

Eugene Goldstein, a solid disc placed opposite to anode

b)

William Crooke, a perforated disc placed opposite to anode

c)

Eugene Goldstein, a perforated disc placed opposite to anode

d)

William Crooke, a solid disc placed opposite to anode