Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

Name:_________________________
Models of the Atom

Date: ______________

For each of the following, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes the
sentence.
______ 1. ______ contain(s) only one kind of atom.
a. matter

b. elements

c. chemicals

d. radioactive materials

______ 2. Particles in an atoms nucleus that do not have an electric charge are called _____.
a. Neutrons

b. electrons

c. ions

d. protons

______ 3. J.J. Thomson used the fact that ______ charges attract each other in his cathode-ray
tube experiment.
a. Like

b. neutral

c. atomic

d. opposite

______ 4. Each of these is an example of matter EXCEPT.

a. a cloud

b. a beam of light

c. a dust particle

d. air

______ 5. A neutral atom of an element with 6 electrons, always has

a. six proton clouds

b. six protons in its nucleus

c. more than six neutrons

d. six neutrons

______6. Rutherfords experiment showed that most of an atom is made up of ____.

a. An electron cloud b. alpha particles

c. a nucleus

d. empty space

______ 7. ____developed a model called the atomic theory of matter.

a. John Dalton
Thomson

b. Ernest Rutherford c. Democritus

d. J.J.

______ 8. During Thomsons experiment, streams of _____ were affected by a magnet.

a. Alpha particles

b. neutrons

c. electrons

d. protons

Identify each statement as true or false. Rewrite false statements to make them correct.
_F____9. Rutherfords experiment showed that alpha particles could pass through foil
because most
of an atom is neutrally charged.
___________empty space__________________________________________
__F____10. J.J Thomsons experiment with cathode rays led to the discovery of the neutron.
_________________________________________________electron__________________
11.

Compare and contrast the orbit of electrons around the nucleus to the orbit of the
planets around the sun.

Chapter 1 Lesson 1 Quiz

Name:_________________________
Models of the Atom

12.

Date: ______________

There are attractive forces in both cases; the gravity holding the planet to the
sun and electromagnetic attraction holding the negative electron to the positive
nucleus.
The path that planets take around the sun is predictable, as opposed to the
path that electrons take around the nucleus. Scientists can pin-point the
location of any planet at any given time (both present, past, and future). That is
not possible for electrons.
Planets travel around the sun in elliptical orbits as opposed to electrons that
hover around the nucleus in cloud-shaped waves, known as orbitals.
Planets travel in a steady pace. Electrons move in inconsistent (fast when close
to nucleus, slow when far away) speeds.

State Daltons four-part theory about the atom

1.
2.
3.
4.

Matter is made up of atoms

Atoms cannot be divided into smaller pieces
All the atoms of an element are exactly the same
Different elements are made of different kinds of atoms

Number the descriptions below to show the correct order of the development of the atomic
model, starting with the earliest model.
__2__ 13. a sphere of positive charge with negative electrons spread evenly throughout the
sphere.
_3___ 14. a dense, positively charged nucleus at the center of an atom with electrons
scattered in the empty space.
___1__ 15. a hard sphere, like a marble, that is the same throughout
__4___ 16. a tightly packed nucleus containing protons and neutrons with electrons
occupying the surrounding space.

17. Why is a magnet able to bend the beam in the cathode-ray tube?
The beam bent toward the positive side of the magnet and away from the negative side. He
knew that opposite charges attract each other. Therefore, he deduced that the beam must
contain very small particles from the atom and that they must have negative charge.
18. Thomsons model of the atom pictured electrons embedded in a ball of positive charge.
Why did Rutherfords gold-foil experiment lead to a change in this model?
Rutherfords experiment showed that much of the atom is empty space, with most of the
mass concentrated in a dense central nucleus.