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Atomic Theory Review

Total questions: 90

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who composed a six-part atomic theory based on the ideas of Democritus?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Thomson

c)

Dalton

d)

Aristotle

2.

Who discovered the nucleus by conducting the gold foil experiment?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Chadwick

3.

Who found the charge and mass of an electron by conducting the oil-drop experiment?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Millikan

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

4.

Who thought that all matter was composed of four elements - earth, fire, water, and air?

a)

Dalton

b)

Democritus

c)

Aristotle

d)

Millikan

5.

Who proposed the plum pudding model of the atom?

a)

Thomson

b)

Rutherford

c)

Dalton

d)

Moseley

6.

Who discovered that each element has a different number of protons?

a)

Dalton

b)

Rutherford

c)

Moseley

d)

Millikan

7.

Who first thought that all matter was composed of small particles called atomos?

a)

Dalton

b)

Democritus

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thomson

8.

Who discovered the neutron?

a)

Chadwick

b)

Moseley

c)

Millikan

d)

Rutherford

9.

Who discovered the electron when working with cathode ray tubes?

a)

Dalton

b)

Moseley

c)

Rutherford

d)

Thomson

10.

Who discovered the proton?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Thomson

c)

Chadwick

d)

Moseley

11.

Who derived an equation that showed how electrons travel around the nucleus as waves?

a)

Schrodinger

b)

de Broglie

c)

Einstein

d)

Heisenberg

12.

Who proposed that it’s impossible to determine the velocity and position of an electron at the same time?

a)

Heisenberg

b)

de Broglie

c)

Einstein

d)

Schrodinger

13.

Who proposed that electrons have wave-like behavior?

a)

Schrodinger

b)

de Broglie

c)

Planck

d)

Heisenberg

14.

Who proposed that electrons orbit the nucleus in circular paths, like planets orbit the Sun?

a)

Schrodinger

b)

Einstein

c)

Planck

d)

Bohr

15.

Who proposed that light has a dual nature and stated that light can be thought of as a beam of photons?

a)

de Broglie

b)

Einstein

c)

Planck

d)

Schrodinger

16.

Who proposed that matter can gain or lose energy only in small, specific amounts called quanta?

a)

Planck

b)

Einstein

c)

de Broglie

d)

Bohr

17.

What is the charge of a proton?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

Unknown

18.

What is the charge of a neutron?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

Unknown

19.

What is the charge of an electron?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

Unknown

20.

Where are protons located?

a)

Inside the nucleus

b)

Outside the nucleus

c)

Inside and outside the nucleus

d)

Unknown

21.

Where are neutrons located?

a)

Inside the nucleus

b)

Outside the nucleus

c)

Inside and outside the nucleus

d)

Unknown

22.

Where are electrons located?

a)

Inside the nucleus

b)

Outside the nucleus

c)

Inside and outside the nucleus

d)

Unknown

23.

What is an atom with a charge called?

(a)  

24.

What is an atom with a positive charge called?

(a)  

25.

How does a cation form?

a)

An atom loses electrons

b)

An atom loses protons

c)

An atom gains electrons

d)

An atom gains protons

26.

How does an anion form?

a)

An atom loses electrons

b)

An atom loses protons

c)

An atom gains electrons

d)

An atom gains protons

27.

What are atoms of the same element with different numbers of neutrons called?

(a)  

28.

What is the number of protons in an atom called?

(a)  

29.

What is the number of protons and neutrons in an atom called?

(a)  

30.

How many protons does an atom of calcium-48 have?

(a)  

31.

How many neutrons does an atom of calcium-48 have?

(a)  

32.

How many electrons does an atom of calcium-48 have?

(a)  

33.

How many electrons does an atom of calcium-48 have?

(a)  

34.

In a nuclear symbol, what is the number on top?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Mass number

c)

Atomic mass

d)

Number of electrons

35.

In a nuclear symbol, what is the number on bottom?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Mass number

c)

Atomic mass

d)

Number of electrons

36.

In hyphen notation, what is the number?

a)

Atomic number

b)

Mass number

c)

Atomic mass

d)

Number of neutrons

37.

If an element's mass number is 20 and it has 9 protons, how many neutrons does it have?

(a)  

38.

How many electrons does O2- have?

(a)  

39.

What is the charge of a potassium atom that has 18 electrons?

(a)  

40.

What is the charge of a nitrogen atom that has 10 electrons?

(a)  

41.

What is the name of the model shown in the picture?

a)

Plum pudding model

b)

Nuclear model

c)

Planetary model

d)

Quantum mechanical model

42.

What is the charge of the nucleus?

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

Unknown

43.

What is a massless particle that carries a quantum of energy?

(a)  

44.

Any energy state higher than the ground state is a(n) (a)   state.

45.

Parts of an atom that are smaller than the atom itself are (a)   particles.

46.

What is the height of a wave from the origin to the crest or trough?

(a)  

47.

The lowest possible energy state of an atom is called its (a)   state.

48.

What is the minimum amount of energy that can be lost or gained by matter?

(a)  

49.

What is the number of waves that passes a given point in one second?

(a)  

50.

What is the shortest distance between equivalent points on a continuous wave?

(a)  

51.

What is the smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of the element?

(a)  

52.

What is the smallest particle of an element that retains the properties of the element?

(a)  

53.

Wavelength and frequency are __________ proportional.

a)

Directly

b)

Inversely

c)

Not

54.

Frequency and energy are __________ proportional.

a)

Directly

b)

Inversely

c)

Not

55.

Wavelength and energy are __________ proportional.

a)

Directly

b)

Inversely

c)

Not

56.

As wavelength increases, frequency __________.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Doesn't change

57.

As frequency increases, energy __________.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Doesn't change

58.

As wavelength increases, energy __________.

a)

Increases

b)

Decreases

c)

Doesn't change

59.

In the quantum mechanical model, what happens to the size of orbitals as n increases?

a)

Orbitals become larger

b)

Orbitals become smaller

c)

Orbitals don't change in size

60.

In the quantum mechanical model, what happens to the energy of orbitals as n increases?

a)

Orbitals' energy increases

b)

Orbitals' energy decreases

c)

Orbitals' energy doesn't change

61.

In the quantum mechanical model, what happens to the distance of electrons from the nucleus as n increases?

a)

Electrons are further from the nucleus

b)

Electrons are closer to the nucleus

c)

Electrons' distance from the nucleus doesn't change

62.

How many orbitals are in the 4th energy level?

(a)  

63.

How many electrons can be contained in the 5th energy level?

(a)  

64.

How many sublevels are in the 3rd energy level?

(a)  

65.

How many electrons can be contained in a 3d orbital?

(a)  

66.

How many orbitals are in the 4f sublevel?

(a)  

67.

How many sublevels are in the 6th energy level?

(a)  

68.

How many electrons can be contained in the 5d sublevel?

(a)  

69.

How many d orbitals are in the 1st energy level?

(a)  

70.

How many electrons can be contained in the 2nd energy level?

(a)  

71.

How many orbitals are in the 4s sublevel?

(a)  

72.

How many orbitals are in the 6th energy level?

(a)  

73.

How many electrons can be contained in a 1s orbital?

(a)  

74.

How many sublevels are in the 1st energy level?

(a)  

75.

How many electrons can be contained in the 4p sublevel?

(a)  

76.

How many orbitals are in the 7p sublevel?

(a)  

77.

How many electrons can be contained in the 7th energy level?

(a)  

78.

How many sublevels are in the 5th energy level?

(a)  

79.

How many electrons can be contained in the 5f sublevel?

(a)  

80.

How many electrons can be contained in the 5f sublevel?

(a)  

81.

Which principle or rule states that a maximum of two electrons can occupy a single atomic orbital, but only if the electrons have opposite signs?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

82.

Which principle or rule states that each electron in an atom occupies the lowest energy orbital available?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

83.

Which principle or rule states that single electrons with the same spin must occupy each equal-energy orbital before additional electrons with opposite spins can occupy the same orbital?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

84.

Which principle or rule does the orbital notation in this image violate?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

85.

Which principle or rule does the orbital notation in this image violate?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

86.

Which principle or rule does the orbital notation in this image violate?

a)

The Aufbau principle

b)

The Pauli exclusion principle

c)

Hund's rule

87.

Electrons in the outermost orbitals, or highest energy level, of an atom are called (a)   electrons.

88.

How many valence electrons does an atom with the following electron configuration have?

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d9

(a)  

89.

How many valence electrons does an atom with the following electron configuration have?

1s22s22p63s23p64s23d104p65s24d105p3

(a)  

90.

How many valence electrons does an atom with the following electron configuration have?

1s22s22p4

(a)