Basic Atomic Structure

This quiz was designed by a New Zealand high school teacher to help her Year 9 students with the topic of atomic structure. If you are studying for Year 11 this quiz is not covering everything you need to know; Year 11's should be getting 100% in this quiz!

Atomic structure is an important topic because knowing what is inside atoms can help us figure out in Year 10 and 11 why certain atoms have particular properties/behave in certain ways/bond with certain other atoms.

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1. which of the answers BEST describes what an atom is?
an atom is what everything is made of
an atom is the basic building block of matter
an atom is the space between matter
2. Every atom has...
electrons and positrons
electrons and protones
electrodes and protons
electrons and protons
electrodes and cathodes
electrodes and nonodes
3. The different particles in an atom have different charges. 'Charge' means whether something is
positive or negative
probative or nagative
positive or nositive
probative or negative
4. Atoms are held together by...
magic
the attraction between negative and positive particles inside them
the detraction of particles inside them
the defractive powers of the subatomic particles
5. Neutrons are subatomic particles that have no charge (they are neutral). Where are they found?
Inside electrons
Inside the protons
Inside the nucleus of an atom
In the outer area of an atom
6. 'Nuclei' means...
the centre of an atom
more than one nucleus
what you get when you put protons and neutrons together
7. The term 'neutral' means...
having only a little bit of charge
having a positive charge
having a negative charge
having no charge at all
8. The ATOMIC NUMBER refers to the number of ________ in an atom.
neutrons
protons
protons and electrons
neutrons and protons
9. Atoms are neutral (the positive and negative charges balance out). But, an atom can become what is called an 'ion' by either losing or gaining an electron. If an atom lost an electron, its overall charge would become...
negative
positive
neutral
10. Where are electrons found?
Whizzing around in the nucleus of an atom
Whizzing around in areas outside the nucleus
Moving slowly around in the nucleus
Moving slowly around outside the nucleus of an atom
11. An electron is smaller than.... [pick the BEST answer]
a neutron or a proton
a neutron
a proton
12. 'Subatomic particles' are...
things like electrons and protons
atoms that are connected by chemical bonds
not invented yet
13. Hydrogen atoms have only one proton. How many electrons would a hydrogen atom have?
two
none
one
three

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