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Flame Test Lab Assessment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the identity of the unknown substance?

a)

Cu2+

b)

Sr2+

c)

Ba2+

d)

Ca2+

2.

What color is the lowest energy in the EM Spectrum?

a)

violet

b)

blue

c)

orange

d)

red

3.

What color is the highest energy in the EM Spectrum?

a)

violet

b)

blue

c)

orange

d)

red

4.

How do electrons become "excited"?

a)

release of heat or energy

b)

absorption of heat or energy

5.

What are packages of light energy called?

a)

photons

b)

electrons

c)

protons

d)

neutrons

6.

Each element emits a characteristic pattern of light energies, called the _____ _____, which is useful for identifying the element.

a)

emission spectrum

b)

rainbow

c)

electron pattern

d)

light energy

7.

Electromagnetic waves vary in

a)

the speed they travel in a vacuum

b)

wavelength and frequency

c)

the way they reflect

d)

the orientation of their electric and magnetic fields

8.

The full range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation is called

a)

visible light

b)

radio waves

c)

the electromagnetic spectrum

d)

invisible radiation

9.

The waves with the longest wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum are

a)

Infrared rays

b)

radio waves

c)

gamma rays

d)

X-rays

10.

Which has the SHORTEST wavelength and, therefore, the highest frequency / most energy

a)

radio waves

b)

ultraviolet rays

c)

gamma rays

d)
X-rays
11.

Which section of the spectrum can humans perceive with the naked eye?

a)
X-rays
b)

visible light

c)

gamma rays

d)

ultraviolet rays

12.

Which scientist is best known for his "Plum Pudding" model of the atom? His is credited for discovering the electron.

a)
J.J. Thomson
b)
Ernest Rutherford
c)
John Dalton
d)

Niels Bohr

13.
Rutherford's gold foil experiment provided evidence that...
a)
Negative and positive charges are spread evenly throughout the atom.
b)
Alpha particles have a positive charge.
c)
Gold is not a dense as previously thought.
d)
There is a dense positively charged nucleus at the center of an atom.
14.

Which scientist proposed that electrons were arranged on fixed orbits around the nucleus?

a)

J.J. Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

John Dalton

d)

Niels Bohr

15.

Which scientist proposed the first widely accepted atomic theory model? His view of the atom was a solid, invisible sphere.

a)

John Dalton

b)

Aristotle

c)

Democritus

d)

James Chadwick