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History of the Atom

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who developed the planetary model of the atom?

a)

Niels Bohr

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

John Dalton

d)

Democritus

2.

Democritus was known for

a)

discovering the electron

b)

discovering the proton

c)

creating the term atom, meaning indivisible

d)

discovering the nucleus

3.

John Dalton said that all atoms of the same element are _________________.

a)

identical

b)

indestructible

c)

indifferent

d)

ironic

4.

What was the name given to John Dalton's atomic model?

a)

basketball

b)

billiard ball

c)

football

d)

cue ball

5.

JJ Thomson discovered the

a)

nucleus

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

electron

6.

Who created the plum pudding model?

a)

JJ Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

John Dalton

7.

What did Ernest Rutherford fire at the gold foil?

a)

radioactive particles

b)

particles

c)

subatomic particles

d)

alpha particles

8.

What did Rutherford EXPECT to happen in the gold foil experiment?

a)

all alpha particles pass through the gold foil

b)

All alpha particles deflected by gold foil

9.

What did Ernest Rutherford discover about the atom?

a)

The charge of the electron

b)

That the atom is a sphere

c)

The electron

d)

The proton

10.

What did Niels Bohr discover about electrons?

a)

Electrons orbit the nucleus

b)

Protons circle the nucleus

c)

The nucleus circle the atom

d)

Electrons don't exist

11.

Bohr's model of the atom was called

a)

Plum Pudding

b)

Billiard Ball

c)

Nuclear Model

d)

Planetary Model

12.

What did Erwin Schrodinger do to help with atomic theory?

a)

He developed the Electron Cloud Model.

b)

Made the Bohr Model.

c)

Discovered the Protons.

d)

None of the Above.

13.

James Chadwick discovered the

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

alpha particle

14.

What two parts are in the nucleus of the atom?

a)

proton and electron

b)

proton and neutron

c)

neutron and electron

15.

Which part of the atom has the smallest mass?

a)

electron

b)

proton

c)

neutron

d)

nucleus

16.

The proton has a _____________ charge.

a)

negative

b)

positive

c)

neutral

17.

The _____________ has a negative charge.

a)

proton

b)

neutron

c)

nucleus

d)

electron

18.

The neutron has no charge (it's neutral).

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which one of the following discoveries came first?

a)

electrons

b)

neutrons

c)

quarks

d)

atoms

20.

The smallest particle of an element that still represents that element.

a)

Nucleus

b)

electron

c)

proton

d)

atom