Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Development of the Atomic Theory

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who discovered the negatively charge of an atom known as electron and proposed the Plum Pudding Model to describe the structure of an atom?

a)

Chadwick

b)

Goldstein

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

2.

Who discovered the neutral charge of an atom known as neutron?

a)

Chadwick

b)

Goldstein

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

3.

Who discovered the center of an atom known as nucleus which is a positively charged using the Gold Foil Experiment?

a)

Chadwick

b)

Goldstein

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

4.

He believed that all matter in the universe are made up of indivisible units known as 'atomos'.

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Mendeleev

d)

Moseley

5.

He gave us the early idea about the composition of compounds. According to him compounds are made up of two or more atoms of the same or different elements.

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Mendeleev

d)

Moseley

6.

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

7.

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

8.

Which of these had scientific evidence to back their models of the atom?

a)

Democritus

b)

John Dalton

c)

J.J. Thomson

d)

Ernest Rutherford

9.

Who developed this model of the atom?

a)

Plum Pudding Model

b)

J.J. Thomson

c)

Proto-Electron Model

d)

Ernest Rutherford

10.

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

11.

What is a nucleus?

a)

An atom’s central region, which is made up of protons and neutrons

b)

Subatomic particles that have negative charges

c)

subatomic particles that have positive charges

d)

Subatomic particles that have neutral charges

12.

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

13.

Where did Rutherford propose that most of the mass of an atom resided?

a)

In the middle of the atom

b)

Along the edge of the atom

c)

Scattered throughout the atom

d)

Orbiting around the atom

14.

Why wasn't Democritus' theory widely accepted?

a)

All of his theory was based on thought

b)

He wasn't respected

c)

It wasn't based on scientific evidence

15.
This particle is found in the nucleus and has no charge
a)
Neutron
b)
Proton
c)
Electron
16.
This particle is found in the nucleus and has a positive charge
a)
Electron
b)
Proton
c)
Neutron
17.
This contains most of the mass of an atom
a)
Electron Cloud
b)
Nucleus
c)
Electron
18.
What does the nucleus of an atom contain?
a)
Electrons and neutrons
b)
Protons and neutrons
c)
Neutrinos and positrons
d)
DNA and RN
19.
Measure mainly of the nuclear particles: protons + neutrons
a)
Subatomic Particles
b)
Atomic Number
c)
Atomic Mass
d)
Gluons
20.
Value representing the number of protons in an element
a)
Atomic Mass
b)
Mass Number
c)
Valence Electrons
d)
Atomic Number
21.
Arrangement of elements organized by atomic number
a)
Electron Cloud 
b)
Periodic Table 
c)
Electron Configuration
d)
None of these
22.

What is the atomic number?

a)

35

b)

18

c)

17

d)

52

23.

How many protons and electrons does this element have?

a)

35

b)

18

c)

17

d)

52

24.

How many neutrons does Chlorine have?

a)

18

b)

17

c)

35

d)

52

25.

According to Dalton's atomic theory, atoms are indestructible and indivisible. True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

26.

According to Dalton's atomic theory, different atoms are combined in fixed, whole number ratios to form _________

a)

Compounds

b)

Molecules

c)

Isotopes

d)

Mixtures

27.

Dalton took isotopes into account when developing his atomic theory. True or false?

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Which THREE postulates of Dalton's atomic theory have been proven false by later research?

a)

All matter is made up of atoms

b)

Atoms are indivisible and indestructible

c)

Atoms of different elements have different masses

d)

All atoms of the same element have identical properties

e)

Atoms combine in fixed, whole-number ratios to form compounds

29.

Which particles change the charge in atoms when ions are formed?

a)

Protons

b)

Electrons

c)

Neutrons

30.

What happens by changing the number of neutrons?

a)

The atomic mass changes

b)

The number of electrons changes

c)

The atomic number changes

d)

The number of protons changes

31.
What is an isotope? 
a)
A charged atom
b)
An atom with different amounts of neutrons
c)
An atom with different amounts of protons
d)
A neutral atom
32.

If a proton is added or removed from an atom, what happens?

a)

It becomes a different element.

b)

It becomes a different isotope.

c)

Nothing happens.

33.

What is the difference between Neon-20 and Neon-22?

a)

They have different numbers of electrons.

b)

They have different numbers of neutrons.

c)

Only 1 is radioactive.

d)

No difference.

34.
Isotopes are atoms of the same element that have the same number of __________ but different number of __________ . Therefore, isotopes of the same element have different masses. 
a)
protons, neutrons
b)
protons, electrons
c)
neutrons, protons
d)
electrons, protons
35.

The atomic mass of an element is the ___.

a)

average of the mass number and the atomic number for the element

b)

weighted average of the masses of the isotopes of the element

c)

total mass of the isotopes of the element

d)

total number of subatomic particles in the nucleus

36.

What are the steps for finding the Average Atomic Mass?

a)

1) write given mass, 2) write given %, 3) % to decimal, 4) Mass x abundance decimal 5) Add

b)

1) % to decimal, 2) write given %, 3)write given mass, 4) Mass x abundance decimal 5) Add

c)

1) write given mass, 2) write given %, 3) % to decimal, 4) Mass divided by abundance decimal 5) Add

d)

1) write given mass, 2) write given %, 3) % to decimal, 4) Mass x abundance decimal 5) Subtract

37.

The atomic mass of an element depends upon the ___.

a)

relative abundance of protons in that element

b)

mass and relative abundance of each isotope of that element

c)

mass of each isotope of that element

d)

mass of each electron in that element