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Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name the British physicist who showed an atom's positive charge was centralized in the nucleus (as opposed to what was theorized in J.J. Thomson's "Plum-Pudding" Model) by firing particles at a thin sheet of gold.

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

Neils Bohr

c)

J.J. Thompson

d)

John Dalton

2.

Name the effect which Einstein's quantum theory of light attempts to explain.

a)

Black Bodies

b)

Millikan

c)

Photoelectric Effect

d)

Brownian motion

3.

What is the name given to the chaotic motion of floating particles, explained by Einstein in terms of an atomic theory of matter?

a)

Black Bodies

b)

Millikan

c)

Photoelectric Effect

d)

Brownian motion

4.

How are the elements of a period arranged in the modern periodic table, from left to right?

a)

In order of increasing atomic number

b)

In order of increasing atomic mass

c)

In order of decreasing atomic mass

d)

In alphabetical order

5.

An atom of an element has the electronic structure 2,8,8,1. How many electrons are in the shell nearest the nucleus?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

8

d)

16

6.

What is the electronic structure of an atom of the element whose atomic number is 13?

a)

8,2,3

b)

3,2,8

c)

2,8,3

d)

3,4,7

7.

An atom of an element has the electronic structure 2,8,7. Which group of the periodic table is it in?

a)

7

b)

2

c)

8

d)

5

8.

What happens to metal atoms in chemical reactions?

a)

They lose the competition

b)

They lose electrons to form negative ions

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c)

They lose electrons to form positive ions

d)

They gain electrons to form negative ions

9.

Which element is located in Group 4 and Period 3?

a)

Arianagrande(Ag)

b)

Germanium (Ge)

c)

Silicon (Si)

d)

Gallium (Ga)

10.

Which statement about the elements in the modern periodic table is correct?

a)

Most elements are metals and they are found on the left and in the middle

b)

Most elements are non-metals and they are found on the right

c)

Most elements are metals and they are found at the bottom

d)

Most elements are metals and they are found on the right

11.

A modern periodic table arranges atoms in rows and columns. What names are given to the these rows and columns?

a)

trotropahin

b)

The rows are periods and the columns are groups

c)

The rows are groups and the columns are periods

d)

The rows are shells and the columns are groups

12.

Which scientist invented the earliest version of the periodic table?

a)

Alexandre-Emile Béguyer de Chancourtois

b)

Lothar Meyer

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Dmitri Mendeleev

13.

How many periods or rows are there on the periodic table?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

10

14.

Moh's scale is used to describe:

a)

he proportion of dark-coloured minerals in a rock

b)

The hardness of minerals

c)

The energy of earthquakes

d)

The strength of wind

15.

Diamonds are made of:

a)

Iron

b)

Carbon

c)

Quartz

d)

Aluminium