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Understanding Atomic Structure

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the smallest unit of matter?

a)

Electron

b)

Quark

c)

Atom

d)

Molecule

2.

Which particle has a positive charge?

a)

Positron

b)

Electron

c)

Proton

d)

Neutron

3.

What is the charge of an electron?

a)

-2 elementary charge

b)

0 elementary charge

c)

-1 elementary charge

d)

+1 elementary charge

4.

Who proposed the plum pudding model?

a)

Albert Einstein

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

J.J. Thomson

d)

Niels Bohr

5.

What is the mass number of an atom?

a)

The mass number is the total number of electrons in an atom.

b)

The mass number is the average weight of an atom's isotopes.

c)

The mass number is the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom.

d)

The mass number is the sum of protons and neutrons in an atom.

6.

Which subatomic particle determines the identity of an element?

a)

Electron

b)

Neutron

c)

Quark

d)

Proton

7.

What is the main component of an atomic nucleus?

a)

Photons and neutrinos

b)

Quarks and leptons

c)

Protons and neutrons

d)

Electrons and positrons

8.

Which model describes electrons in fixed orbits?

a)

Particle model

b)

Quantum model

c)

Wave model

d)

Bohr model

9.

What is the maximum number of electrons in the first shell?

a)

4

b)

2

c)

3

d)

1

10.

What is the electron configuration of carbon?

a)

1s² 2s² 2p⁴

b)

1s² 2s² 2p¹

c)

1s² 2s² 2p²

d)

1s² 2s² 3p²

11.

Which particle has no charge?

a)

positron

b)

proton

c)

electron

d)

neutron

12.

What is the atomic number of an element?

a)

The atomic number is the number of neutrons in an atom.

b)

The atomic number is the total number of electrons in an atom.

c)

The atomic number represents the mass of an atom in atomic mass units.

d)

The atomic number is the number of protons in an atom.

13.

Who proposed the nuclear model of the atom?

a)

Niels Bohr

b)

J.J. Thomson

c)

James Chadwick

d)

Ernest Rutherford

14.

What is the significance of the mass number?

a)

The mass number indicates the atomic radius of an atom.

b)

The mass number represents the number of electrons in an atom.

c)

The mass number defines the chemical properties of an element.

d)

The mass number signifies the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom.

15.

How many protons are in a nitrogen atom?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

8

d)

6

16.

What is the electron configuration of sodium?

a)

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3p¹

b)

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s²

c)

1s² 2s² 3s¹ 3p⁶

d)

1s² 2s² 2p⁶ 3s¹

17.

Which atomic model was developed by Rutherford?

a)

Thomson model of the atom

b)

Rutherford model of the atom

c)

Bohr model of the atom

d)

Dalton model of the atom

18.

What is the relationship between atomic number and protons?

a)

The atomic number is unrelated to the number of protons.

b)

The atomic number is half the number of protons.

c)

The atomic number is equal to the number of protons.

d)

The atomic number is the sum of protons and neutrons.

19.

What is the maximum number of electrons in the second shell?

a)

6

b)

10

c)

8

d)

4

20.

What is the electron configuration of oxygen?

a)

1s² 2s² 2p⁵

b)

1s² 2s² 2p⁴

c)

1s² 2s² 2p³

d)

1s² 2s² 2p²