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Crash Course Atomic Theory

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who first came up with the idea that matter is composed of tiny particles?

a)

Leucippus and Democritus

b)

Antoine Lavoisier

c)

James Dalton

d)

Ernest Rutherford

2.

What does the term 'atomos' mean?

a)

Small

b)

Divisible

c)

Uncuttable

d)

Infinite

3.

Which model of the atom is often called the 'plum pudding model'?

a)

Thompson's Model

b)

Heisenberg's Model

c)

Rutherford's Model

d)

Bohr's Model

4.

What did Ernest Rutherford's gold foil experiment discover?

a)

Protons

b)

The nucleus

c)

Electrons

d)

Neutrons

5.

What fundamental particles did Rutherford's later experiments identify?

a)

Neutrons

b)

Photons

c)

Protons

d)

Electrons

6.

Niels Bohr's model is sometimes referred to as what?

a)

The quantum model

b)

The electron shell model

c)

The cloud model

d)

The planetary model

7.

What principle makes it impossible to know both the momentum and position of an electron?

a)

Planck's principle

b)

Bohr's principle

c)

Rutherford's principle

d)

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

8.

What does quantum theory propose about electrons?

a)

They are only particles

b)

They are neither particles nor waves

c)

They are only waves

d)

They have properties of both particles and waves

9.

What are the regions called where an electron is most likely to be found according to modern atomic theory?

a)

Paths

b)

Orbits

c)

Trajectories

d)

Orbitals

10.

Which model of the atom is often referred to as the 'cloud model'?

a)

Thompson's Model

b)

Quantum Model

c)

Rutherford's Model

d)

Bohr's Model