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Atomic Theory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

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Class
Date
1.

What did Thomson's atomic theory model look like?

a)

A ring with gold foil in the middle.

b)

Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

c)

A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

d)

A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

2.

What did Bohr's atomic theory model look like?

a)

A ring with gold foil in the middle.

b)

Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

c)

A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

d)

A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

3.

The cloud model is what we use for the atomic theory now. What does the cloud model look like?

a)

A ring with gold foil in the middle.

b)

Electrons orbiting the nucleus like the planets around the sun.

c)

A cloud of electrons floating around the nucleus.

d)

A scoop of chocolate chip ice cream. It had electrons scattered within a ball of positive charge.

4.

What did Rutherford discover about atoms?

a)

An atom is always negatively charged.

b)

An atom is mostly empty space, but has a dense positively charged center(nucleus).

c)

An atom is always positively charged.

d)

All particles will pass straight through gold foil with no change in path.

5.

What did Rutherford discover in his experiment?

a)

nucleus

b)

electrons

c)

neutrons

d)

protons

6.

Who discover the electron?

a)

Dalton

b)

Rutherford

c)

Thomson

d)

Bohr

7.

In which model are atoms imagined as tiny balls?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

8.

Who proposed a model with electrons moving in specific layers?

a)

Dalton

b)

Rutherford

c)

Bohr

d)

Thomson

9.

What does atom mean?

a)

small

b)

visible

c)

indivisible

d)

particle

10.

Rutherford's "gold-foil" experiment using alpha particle scattering concluded that

a)

the center of the atom is empty

b)

atomic mass is spread over the whole atom

c)

the center of the atom has a negative charge

d)

most of the atom is empty