Seatwork 2: Elements Atoms and Molecules

Name: Shannon Erika Drew A. Edano Date: November 2, 2022

Section: Psychology 2 - C Prof: Sir Reenier Ledesma

Direction: Solve the following problem.

What is the difference between atomic number and mass number?
- The atomic number focuses on just the number of protons that are in an atom or an element, meanwhile
the mass number focuses on the number of protons and neutrons in an atom or element, thus explaining
the difference between the two numbers.
How many neutrons are in a carbon atom of mass number 13?
- There are simply 7 neutrons in a carbon atom of mass number 13. Usually, there are 6 protons in the
nucleus of a carbon isotope, for it to get a mass number of 13, there has to be 7 neutrons.
Do isotopes of the heavy elements (for example, those from atomic number 37 to 53) contain more, the same, or
fewer neutrons than protons?
- Yes because isotopes would always have more, the same, or even fewer neutrons than protons. The
protons within an isotope will remain the same atomic number but their mass number will differ or be
the same from time to time.
Exercise 4: The tropical year, the time interval from one vernal equinox to the next vernal equinox, is the basis
for our calendar. It contains 365.242 199 days. Find the number of seconds in a tropical year.

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The mass of a proton is 1.67 3 10224 g. The mass of a grain of salt is 1.0 3 1022 g. How many protons
would it take to have the same mass as a grain of salt?