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History of Atom

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which model was created after the discovery of the nucleus?

a)

Dalton's

b)

Rutherford's

c)

Quantum Mechanical

d)

Plum Pudding

2.

Which model did Erwin Schrodinger create?

a)

Dalton's

b)

Rutherford's

c)

electron cloud

d)

Plum Pudding

3.

Who discovered electrons?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Bohr

c)

J.J. Thompson

d)

Democritus

4.

Which experiment was performed by J. J. Thomson in 1897?

a)
Oil Drop Experiment
b)
Gold Foil Experiment
c)
Wave  Experiment
d)
Cathode Ray Experiment
5.
Who performed the Gold Foil Experiment?
a)
J. J. Thomson
b)
Ernest Rutherford
c)
Neils Bohr
d)
John Dalton
6.
Which of the following were outcomes of the Gold Foil Experiment?  
a)
Electrons occupy different energy levels orbiting the nucleus.
b)
Electrons are negatively charged subatomic particles.
c)
Electrons orbit the empty space around the dense positive nucleus.
d)
Electrons move in wave patterns around the nucleus
7.
Which subatomic particle was discovered by James Chadwick?
a)
proton
b)
neutron
c)
electron
d)
quark
8.
All matter is made of what?
a)
energy 
b)
atoms 
c)
electrons 
d)
compounds 
9.

Used the word "atomos" to decsribe the uncuttable (indivisible) atom.

a)

Democritus

b)

Thomson

c)

Bohr

d)

Dalton

10.

Which one of these is Dalton's Model?

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

What is the correct order of scientists in order of their work related to the atomic theory from earliest to most recent?

a)

Schrodinger, Neils Bohr, Ernest Rutherford, JJ Thomson, John Dalton, & Democritus

b)

Schrodinger,JJ Thomson, John Dalton, Neils Bohr, Ernest Rutherford, & Democritus

c)

Democritus, John Dalton, JJ Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and Neils Bohr, Schrodinger

d)

John Dalton, Neils Bohr, JJ Thomson, Democritus, & Ernest Rutherford, Schrodinger

12.

Who developed the planetary model of the atom?

a)

Niels Bohr

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

John Dalton

d)

Democritus

13.

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

a)

basketball

b)

billiard ball

c)

football

d)

cue ball

14.

Who created the plum pudding model?

a)

JJ Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

John Dalton

15.

What did Ernest Rutherford fire at the gold foil?

a)

radioactive particles

b)

particles

c)

subatomic particles

d)

alpha particles

16.

What did Niels Bohr discover about electrons?

a)

Electrons orbit the nucleus in fixed energy levels

b)

Protons circle the nucleus in fixed energy levels

c)

The nucleus circle the atom

d)

Electrons don't exist

17.

The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle tells us that we cannot know what at the same time?

a)

Mass and charge of an electron

b)

Number of protons and neutrons

c)

Location, size, and momentum (includes speed) of the nucleus

d)

position and momentum (includes speed) of an electron

18.

Who discovered the nucleus?

a)

Rutherford

b)

Bohr

c)

J.J. Thompson

d)

Democritus

19.

What's the difference between these two atomic models?

a)

The Bohr model has specific paths for the electrons, whereas the Rutherford model just has electrons wherever

b)

The Bohr model has a nucleus and the Rutherford model doesn't

c)

The Rutherford model has electrons because Rutherford discovered the electron

d)

Rutherford's model is slightly smaller because Bohr felt like he deserved it

20.

In 1808, John Dalton established his atomic theory. Which of the

following is not part of Dalton’s atomic theory?

a)

All matter is composed of atoms.

b)

An atom consists of a nucleus and a cloud of electrons.

c)

Atoms cannot be subdivided, created, or destroyed.

d)

In chemical reactions, atoms are combined, separated, or rearranged.

21.

Which of the following is not part of Dalton's Atomic Theory?

a)

Atoms are Tiny, Indivisible particles

b)

Atoms of one element are all the same

c)

Atoms of different elements are different

d)

Compounds form by combining atoms

e)

Atoms of the opposite force attract each other