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Year 9 Atomic Structure

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the Periodic Table display?

a)

All the compounds

b)

All the elements

c)

All the molecules

d)

All the mixtures

2.

Who argued that everything in the world was made up of particles so small they could not be cut in half?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Democritus

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

3.

What did Democritus call these tiny things?

a)

Molecules

b)

Atoms

c)

Particles

d)

Cells

4.

What Greek word does "atom" come from and what does it mean?

a)

Atomos, meaning divisible

b)

Atomos, meaning tiny/indivisible

c)

Atomus, meaning small

d)

Atomus, meaning large

5.

When did John Dalton refine the idea of atoms?

a)

1700’s

b)

1800’s

c)

1900’s

d)

2000’s

6.

What are the names of the atoms’ subatomic particles?

a)

Protons, neutrons, and photons

b)

Protons, neutrons, and electrons

c)

Protons, electrons, and quarks

d)

Neutrons, electrons, and positrons

7.

Where is the cluster of protons and neutrons found in an atom?

a)

Shells

b)

Orbitals

c)

Nucleus

d)

Electron cloud

8.

Where do the electrons reside in an atom?

a)

Nucleus

b)

Shells

c)

Core

d)

Centre

9.

How are elements organised on the Periodic Table?

a)

By mass number

b)

By atomic number

c)

By alphabetical order

d)

By density

10.

What is the maximum number of electrons that can be contained in the second shell of an atom?

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

8

11.

Atomic number tells us:

a)

The number of protons + electrons in the nucleus

b)

The number of electrons + neutrons in the nucleus

c)

The number of electrons in the nucleus

d)

The number of protons in the nucleus

12.

The mass number of an atoms tells us

a)
The total number of protons only.
b)
The total number of protons and neutrons in an atom.
c)
The number of electrons in an atom.
d)
The average weight of an atom.
13.

How many protons, electrons and neutrons are in an atom of phosphorus

a)
15 protons, 14 electrons, 17 neutrons
b)
14 protons, 14 electrons, 15 neutrons
c)
16 protons, 16 electrons, 15 neutrons
d)
15 protons, 15 electrons, 16 neutrons
14.

How are the electrons arranged in an atom of Magnesium

a)
3, 5, 2
b)
2, 8, 1
c)
2, 6, 4
d)

2, 8, 2.