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Atomic Scientists

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Elements are made of tiny solid particles

a)

Bohr

b)

Democritus

c)

Thomson

d)

Aristole

2.

All matter is made of atoms

a)

Rutherford

b)

Bohr

c)

Democritus

d)

Dalton

3.

Most mass in an atom is in the nucleus

a)

Rutherford

b)

Thomson

c)

Bohr

d)

Dalton

4.

Positively charged atoms with electrons. "Plum pudding"

a)

Democritus

b)

Bohr

c)

Thomson

d)

Dalton

5.

electrons travel in fixed orbits

a)

Dalton

b)

Bohr

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

6.

Small dense nucleus in atom that is surrounded by electrons

a)

Heisenberg

b)

Shrodinger

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

7.

"Atomos" atoms always move

a)

Bohr

b)

Democritus

c)

Julius Cesar

d)

Heisenberg

8.

In chemical reactions, atoms are separated, combined, or rearranged.

a)

Rutherford

b)

Thomson

c)

Dalton

d)

Democritus

9.

conducted gold foil experiment

a)

Schrodinger

b)

Dalton

c)

Heisenberg

d)

Rutherford

10.

founded electron cloud

a)

Thomson/Rutherford

b)

Dalton/Thomson

c)

Schrodinger/Heisenberg

d)

Bohr/Democritus

11.

Founded proton

a)

Thomson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Dalton

d)

Democritus

12.

Founded electron

a)

Bohr

b)

Thomson

c)

Democritus

d)

Dalton

13.

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.

14.

What is a positively charged particle?

a)

neutron

b)

electron

c)

proton

d)

atom

15.

What is a negatively charged particle?

a)

neutron

b)

electron

c)

proton

d)

atom

16.

What is a particle with no charge?

a)

neutron

b)

electron

c)

proton

d)

atom

17.

What did Rutherford discover in his experiment?

a)

nucleus

b)

electrons

c)

neutrons

d)

protons

18.

What does atom mean?

a)

small

b)

visible

c)

indivisible

d)

particle

19.

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

20.

What is the correct order of scientists in order of their work related to the atomic theory from earliest to most recent?

a)

Ernest Rutherford, JJ Thomson, John Dalton, & Democritus

b)

JJ Thomson, John Dalton, Ernest Rutherford, & Democritus

c)

Democritus, John Dalton, JJ Thomson, Ernest Rutherford.

d)

John Dalton, JJ Thomson, Democritus, & Ernest Rutherford