Chemistry

Lesson 2
Defining Atom
Match:

1. Model

2. atom
3. cathode ray
4. electron
5. nucleus
6. proton
7. neutron

a. …………………………. a subatomic particle carrying a charge equal to but opposite that of

an electron; that is, a positive charge of 1+
b. ………………………a subatomic particle with a mass nearly equal to that of a proton, but that
has no electrical charge
c. …………………….. a visual, verbal, and/or mathematical explanation of data
collected from many experiments
d. ……………………………………….. negatively charged particles that are part of all forms of
matter
e. ……………………….. is the smallest particle that retains the properties of an element
f. ………………………… is a ray of radiation emitting from the cathode end and traveling to
the anode end of a tube used by researchers to study mass and charge
g. ………………………………………… tiny, dense, centrally located region within the atom that
contains all of an atom’s positive charge and virtually all of its mass

Q.2 choose the correct answer:

1. ………………………. Allows atoms to be seen.
a. Scanning tunneling microscope ( STM )
b. Electron microscope ( EM )
c. Light microscope ( LM)
2. Stream of particles carrying a negative charge.
a. Anode ray
b. Cathode ray
c. Proton ray
3. Particles that carry negative charge is called …………….
a. Protons
b. Electrons
c. Neutrons
4. The cathode ray experiment proved that ………….
a. Dalton was right and the atoms can’t be divisible
b. Dalton was wrong and the atoms can be divisible to large mass particles
c. Dalton was wrong and the atoms can be divisible to smaller mass particles
5. What is the smallest particle of matter that retains the properties of the element called?
a. Atom
b. Electron
c. Nucleus
d. Neutron
6. What tool used to determine the charge of an electron?
a. Plum pudding
b. Gold foil
c. Silver pellets
d. Cathode -ray tube
7. Which of the following is incorrect?
a. Atoms are divisible into smaller subatomic particles.
b. Almost all of an atom’s mass is contained in a tiny, dense region in the center of the
atom.
c. Rutherford concluded that the plum pudding model was correct.
d. Rutherford concluded that the nucleus contains positively charged particles called
protons.
8. Which of the following is correct about the atoms?
a. Its dense nucleus is negatively charged
b. It is made up of two subatomic particles
c. It is spherical
d. Its nucleus is composed of neutrons and electrons
9. When a group of atoms bond together and work as a unit it is called ………
a. Element
b. Molecule
c. Compound
10. Said that the electrons move through the empty space around the nucleus.
a. John Dalton
b. JJ Thomson
c. Rutherford
11. Said that the atom is a spherical shape with uniform distribution of protons where the
electrons negative charge are located in fixed position.
a. John Dalton
b. JJ Thomson
c. Rutherford
12. …………….. subatomic particles have no charge?
a. Protons
b. Neutrons
c. Electrons
5. Describe the structure of a typical atom. Identify where each subatomic particle is located.

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