Name: ____________________________________ Grade and Section: _________________

Subject: Science 9 Teacher: __________________________ Score: _______________

Lesson: Quarter 2 Week 1 LAS No.1

Activity Title: The Atom
Learning Target: Describe the structure of an atom.
References: SLM Science 9, MELC (Attachment: Periodic Table of Elements)
LAS Writer : Florie Vi Bringas-Villanueva

The Structure of an Atom

Atom is the basic unit of matter and it is consist of three sub-atomic particles: protons, neutrons
and electrons.It was Democritus – a Greek Philosopher who first discover atom which he named
it as “atomos.” meaning indivisible, because it was once thought that atoms were the smallest
things in the universe and could not be divided.
This illustration is the nuclear model of the structure of atoms – helium (He).
The positive particle represented in color yellow is the proton. The orange
colored particle is the neutron. Both the proton and the neutron are inside
the central part called the nucleus. Its weight in grams is the atomic mass.

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electron which is in no particular point hanging around
the electron cloud.

All atoms are represented in symbols written in the periodic table of elements arranged
according to the number of protons. Generally, the number of electrons is equal to the number of
protons and the number of neutrons is also equal to the number of protons. However, there are
atoms that sometimes have the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons.
These are called isotopes.

A. What makes up an atom? Read each statement and identify what is being described.
Arrange the scrambled letters to get the answer. Write your answer on the blank.
1. Smallest constituent of matter TOMSA _________________
2. Subatomic particle that has a relative charge of -1. E C T L R O N E S _________________
3. Subatomic particle that has a relative charge of +1. P N S O T O R _________________
4. Subatomic particle that has a relative charge of 0. E U T R N O S N _________________
5. Dense region at the center of an atom. UCLEUSN _________________

B.Diagram the Atom. This is a C.Label the Structure of the Atom.

carbon atom. Use the Periodic Table Using your answer on LAS No. 1,
of Elements to fill the blanks. label the structure of an atom.

1. ____________
Symbol of Carbon: ____ 2. ____________
Number of Proton: ____ 3. ____________
Number of Neutron: __ 4. ____________
Number of Electron: __ 5. ____________
Atomic Mass/Weight: __
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