Lesson 4.

1 Homework

1. What is the specialty of the model of the atom put forward by J. J. Thomson?
2. Describe Rutherfords gold foil experiment. What important conclusion about the
atom did this experiment establish?
3. Describe Rutherfords model of the atom.
4. What is atomic number and mass number of an element?
5. What are isotopes? Give examples.
6. What is the major problem with the Rutherford model of the atom?
7. What arguments did Bohr use to correct the problems of Rutherford model of the
atom?
8. How does Bohr model of the atom explain the radiations emitted by hydrogen
atoms?
9. Explain Lyman series, Balmer and Paschen series.
10. n = 5 corresponds to an energy value -8.7 10-20 J. n = 4 corresponds to an
energy value -1.36 10-19 J n = 3 corresponds to an energy of -2.42 10-19 J. n =
2 corresponds to an energy of -5.44 10-19 J. Calculate the energy of the red,
green and blue photons.
11. What are the basic assumptions of the quantum theory of the atom?
12. What are orbitals? How many electrons are possible in an orbital?
13. Discuss the electron configuration of the atom of an element with atomic number
21.
14. What are periods and groups in a periodic table?
15. What is the relation between the group an element belongs to and the number of
electrons in its outer shell?
16. What are alkali metals? What are alkaline earth metals?
17. What are halogens?
18. What are noble elements? What is their specialty?
19. What are valence electrons? What is their significance?
20. Differentiate between metals and non-metals.
21. What is the standard model of particle physics?
22. What are the basic assumptions of string theory?
23. What are some of the problems of string theory?