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9th Atomic Models and Discoveries Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 50mins

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Class
Date
1.

According to Democritus, atoms are:

a)

Indivisible particles

b)

Made of discrete particles

c)

Continuously divisible

d)

Made of positively charged material with embedded electrons

2.

What did Aristotle believe about matter?

a)

It is continuous and not made of discrete particles

b)

It is made of indivisible particles

c)

It can be subdivided into small, whole number ratios

d)

It is made of negatively charged particles

3.

According to John Dalton, atoms of an element are:

a)

All alike

b)

Different from the atoms of all other elements

c)

Made of positively charged material with embedded electrons

d)

Continuously divisible

4.

What did scientists discover about electrical charges by the end of the 1700s?

a)

There are two forms of electrical charge - positive and negative

b)

Opposite charges attract each other

c)

Like charges repel each other

d)

All of the above

5.

Who theorized the existence of electrons?

a)

J. J. Thomson

b)

Hantaro Nagaoka

c)

Ernest Rutherford

d)

Niels Bohr

6.

What is the plum pudding model?

a)

Atoms are spheres of positively charged material with embedded electrons

b)

Atoms consist of a massive, positively charged center surrounded by a flat ring of electrons

c)

Atoms have hooks to hold them together and are slippery

d)

Atoms are made up of a tiny, dense, positively charged central nucleus surrounded by negatively charged electrons

7.

According to Ernest Rutherford's experiments, where is most of an atom's mass and positive charge located?

a)

In the nucleus

b)

In the orbitals

c)

In the energy levels

d)

In the positively charged material with embedded electrons

8.

What is the currently accepted atomic model?

a)

Quantum-mechanical model

b)

Plum pudding model

c)

Saturnian model

d)

Bohr model

9.

What are orbitals in the quantum-mechanical model?

a)

Oddly-shaped areas where electrons are likely to be found

b)

Spheres of positively charged material with embedded electrons

c)

Hooks that hold atoms together

d)

Distinct spherical regions where electrons travel at fixed distances from the nucleus

10.

Which atomic model includes electrons orbiting the nucleus at specific levels?

a)

Bohr model

b)

Plum pudding model

c)

Saturnian model

d)

Quantum-mechanical model