First term: Atomic structure

1. What is the atomic mass of Carbon: _____

2. What is the atomic symbol for Sodium: _____

3. What is the number of neutrons in Lithium: _____

4. What is the number of electrons in Neon: _____

5. What is the number of protons in Boron: ______

6. What is the atomic mass of Helium: ______

7. How many neutrons are in the element pictured above: _________

8. What is the atomic mass of the atom in the picture above: _____________

9. What subatomic particle is positively charged: ___________

10. What subatomic particle is negatively charged: ____________

11. What subatomic particle is neutral in charge: ____________

12. What two particles are in the nucleus: ________________________________

Write “True” or “False” (do not write “T” or “F”)

13. The nucleus is the largest part of the atom and takes up the most space: ____

14. The electrons are the lightest in weight of the three subatomic particles: ____

15. An atom is mainly empty space: ____

16. Electrons are in an area known as the electron cloud: ____

17. ½ of an oxygen atom can combine with 2/3 of a hydrogen atom: ____

18. An isotope is an atom which has a different number of neutrons : ____

19. Carbon 14 is an isotope of Carbon which has 8 neutrons instead of 6: ____

20. There is a maximum of 2 electrons in the 1st energy level and 10 in the 2nd: ____

Ions

21. What is the charge of an atom with 7 protons and 9 electrons: _______

22. What is the charge on an ion with 3 protons and 1 electron: _________

23. What is the charge on an ion a Chlorine ion with 17 protons and 18 electrons:
_______

24. What is the charge if there are 59 protons and 62 electrons: ______

Isotopes

25. What is the mass of Carbon-14: ____________

26. What is the number of protons in Carbon-14: _________

27. What is the number of neutrons in Carbon -14: _________

28. What is the number of protons in the radioactive Uranium-238: _____

29. What is the number of neutrons in Sulfur-33: _______

30. Which element is the atom shown above:

__________________________

31. What is the mass of the atom shown above: _________________________

32. How many valence electrons are shown in the atom above: ______________

33. Which subatomic particle did J.J. Thomson discover in order to create his plum
pudding model of the atom: ____________________
34. The nucleus was discovered by which scientist:

a. Thomson

b. Dalton

c. Rutherford

d. Democritus

Look at your periodic table. How many lithium-_____ calcium_____

valence electrons do the following boron-_____ argon_____
elements have? chlorine_____ sulfur_____
silicon_____ aluminum_____
phosphorus_____ hydrogen_____

What is an electron dot diagram? (Lewis dot structures are the same thing)

Make an electron dot diagram for the Ne Al P

following elements: Na O C
F Ar H

What is a chemical bond?

Which group of elements do all atoms want to be like? Why?

Create a diagram that defines and differenciates the three different types of
chemical bonds.

What is an ion? Draw a picture example of an ion. Make sure to show its charge.

Write the common charges for the Na________ Ca________ B_________

ions of each element. Si_________ Cl_________ Br________
Do halogens tend to lose or gain electrons? Justify your answer.

Periodic trends

1) Rank the following elements by increasing atomic radius: carbon, aluminum,

oxygen, potassium.

2) Rank the following elements by increasing electronegativity: sulfur,

oxygen, neon, aluminum.

3) What is the difference between electron affinity and ionization energy?

4) Why does fluorine have a higher ionization energy than iodine?

5) Why do elements in the same family generally have similar properties?