Name______________________ Date Period

DISCOVERY OF PARTICLES WORKSHEET

1. Describe, give the location, and electrical charge of the following

particles:
a) electron

b)

c)

2. Define Atomic Number

3. Define Nucleus

4. Define Atomic Weight

5. Must all atoms of the same element have the same weight? Give
reasons for your answer.

6. What are the weight and the atomic number of an atom having 4
protons and 5 neutrons?

7. An atom of sodium has 11 protons and a weight of 23. What is the

atomic number of the sodium atom? How many neutrons does the
sodium atom have?
 4. Define Atomic Weight

5. Must all atoms of the same element have the same weight? Give reasons for your
answer.

6. What are the weight and the atomic number of an atom having 4 protons and 5
neutrons?

7. An atom of sodium has 11 protons and a weight of 23. What is the atomic number
of the sodium atom? How many neutrons does the sodium atom have?

DISCOVERY OF PARTICLES WORKSHEET

Name______________________
Lab Science ________________

1. Describe, give the location, and electrical charge of the following particles:

a) electron

b)

c)

2. Define Atomic Number

3. Define Nucleus
DISCOVERY OF PARTICLES WORKSHEET

1. Describe, give the location, and electrical charge of the following

particles:
a) Electron – outside nucleus, negative, 1/1836 a.u. ,
transferred in a chemical reaction
b) Proton – nucleus, positive, 1 a.u., NOT transferred
c) Neutron – nucleus, no charge, 1 a.u., NOT transferred

2. Define Atomic Number

Number of protons in one atom of an element

3. Define Nucleus
The “center” of an atom containing the protons and neutrons,
with a positive charge and containing most of the mass

4. Define Atomic Weight

The sum of the protons and neutron found inside the nucleus

5. Must all atoms of the same element have the same weight? Give
reasons for your answer.
No, the number of neutrons vary, therefore the atomic
weights vary

6. What are the weight and the atomic number of an atom having 4
protons and 5 neutrons?
A.W. – 9 a.u. A.N. - 4

7. An atom of sodium has 11 protons and a weight of 23. What is the

atomic number of the sodium atom? How many neutrons does the
sodium atom have?

A.N. – 11 Neutrons – (A.W.) 23 – 11 (p+) = 12