BASIC LAWS OF MATTER

ACTIVITY NO. 1 (FINAL TERM)

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A. Answer the following questions.
1. Explain how the basic laws led to the discovery of Dalton’s atomic theory?

2. What are some flaws in Dalton’s atomic theory?

3. Will the law of conservation of mass still be true if the sample is in an open system? Why?
 ATOMIC STRUCTURE
ACTIVITY NO. 1 (FINAL TERM)

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B. Answer the following questions.
1. Describe the atomic structure of the atom and its subatomic particles.

2. Which of among the atomic number, mass number and isotopes distinguishes one element from one
another? Explain your answer.

3. Give two elements with isotopes: describe each and enumerate their uses.
 PROTONS, NEUTRONS, AND ELECTRONS
ACTIVITY NO. 1 (FINAL TERM)
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Calculating the number of each particle in an atom:

# Protons = Atomic Number

# Electrons = Protons
# Neutrons = Atomic Mass – Atomic Number

C. Use the periodic table to find the numbers of protons, neutrons, and electrons for atoms of the
following elements.

Element Mass Atomic

Name of Element Protons Neutrons Electrons
Symbol Number Number

Boron B 11 5 5 6 5

Sodium 1. 23 11 2. 3. 4.

5. Y 89 6. 7. 8. 39

Copper 9. 10. 29 11. 35 12.

13. Tc 98 14. 43 15. 16.

17. Pb 207 18. 19. 20. 21.

Thallium 22. 204 81 23. 24. 25.

26. H 27. 28. 29. 0 30.

Carbon 31 12 32. 33. 34. 35.

36. N 37. 38. 7 39. 40.

41. Ba 42. 43. 44. 45. 56

Calcium 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51.

52. Si 53. 54. 55. 56. 14

Argon 57. 58. 18 59. 60. 61.

62. Mg 63. 64. 12 65. 12