Chapter 4 Multiple Choice and Essay
  • 1. According to John Dalton's observations, when elements combine in a compound,
A) their masses are always equal.
B) each element contributes an equal number of atoms.
C) their volumes are always equal.
D) the ratio of their masses is always the same.
  • 2. Rutherford's gold foil experiment provided evidence for which of the following?
A) Gold is not as dense as previously thought.
B) There is a dense, positively charged mass in the center of an atom.
C) Negative and positive charges are spread evenly throughout an atom.
D) Alpha particles have a positive charge.
  • 3. In an atomic model that includes a nucleus, positive charge is
A) spread evenly throughout an atom.
B) concentrated at multiple sites in an atom.
C) located in the space outside the nucleus.
D) concentrated in the center of an atom.
  • 4. Which subatomic particle has a negative charge?
A) electron
B) proton
C) neutron
  • 5. Which statement about subatomic particles is true?
A) Neutrons have no charge and no mass.
B) Protons, neutrons, and electrons all have about the same mass.
C) Unlike protons or neutrons, electrons have no mass.
D) An electron has far less mass then either a proton or a neutron.
  • 6. Which of the following is unique for any given element?
A) the charge on the electrons
B) the number of neutrons
C) the mass of the neutron
D) the number of protons
  • 7. The number of protons in one atom of an element is the element's
A) atomic number
B) isotope
C) charge
D) mass number
  • 8. To find the number of neutrons in an atom, you would subtract
A) atomic number from electron number
B) atomic number from mass number
C) isotope number from atomic number
D) mass number from atomic number
  • 9. In Niels Bohr's model of the atom, electrons move
A) like beach balls on water waves.
B) like balls rolling down a hill.
C) like planets orbiting the sun.
D) like popcorn in a popper.
  • 10. What does the electron cloud model describe?
A) the number of electrons in an atom
B) the mass of the electrons in the atom
C) the most likely locations of electrons in an atom
D) the precise location of electrons in an atom
  • 11. Which statement about alkali metals is correct?
A) they are located in the left-most column of the periodic table
B) they are usually gases
C) they form negative ions
D) the are extremely nonreactive
  • 12. A mole is an SI base unit that describes the
A) mass of a substance
B) electric charge of a substance
C) volume of a substance
D) amount of a substance
  • 13. Moving from left to right across a row of the periodic table, which of the following values increases by exactly one from element to element?
A) atomic number
B) atomic mass unit
C) isotope number
D) mass number
  • 14. The tendency of an element to react chemically is closely related to
A) its atomic mass
B) how tightly atoms are packed in the element
C) the number of valence electrons in atoms of the element
D) the ratio of protons to neutrons in atoms of the element
  • 15. Which statement is true about oxygen-17 and oxygen-18?
A) They are isotopes of oxygen
B) they do not have the same number of protons
C) their masses are identical
D) They have the same mass number
  • 16. In a periodic table, a set of properties repeats from
A) element to element
B) column to column
C) row to row
D) group to group
  • 17. Which list of elements contains only metals?
A) helium, carbon, gold
B) sodium, chromium, copper
C) iodine, iron, nickel
D) phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen
  • 18. The usefulness of Mendeleev's periodic table was confirmed by
A) the immediate acceptance by other scientists.
B) the discovery of the nucleus.
C) the discovery of elements with predicted properties.
D) the discovery of subatomic particles.
  • 19. An alkali metal has one valence electron, while an alkaline earth metal has
A) three
B) none
C) four
D) two
  • 20. As you move from left to right across a period, the number of valence electrons
A) stays the same
B) decreases
C) increases
D) increases then decreases
  • 21. The standard on which the atomic mass unit is based is the mass of a
A) proton
B) chlorine-35 atom
C) carbon-12 atom
D) neutron
  • 22. The charge on an electron is
A) 0
B) +1
C) -2
D) -1
  • 23. The relative mass of an electron is
A) 1
B) 1/1840
C) 0
D) 1/18
  • 24. Valence electrons determine an atom's
A) mass
B) period
C) chemical properties
D) number of neutrons
  • 25. Ionization refers to the process of
A) changing from lithium into fluorine
B) losing or gaining electrons
C) changing from one period to another
D) losing or gaining protons
  • 26. An atomic mass unit is equal to
A) one-twelfth the mass of a carbon-12 atom
B) one-fifteenth the mass of a nitrogen-15 atom
C) one-half the mass of a hydrogen atom
D) one-fourth the mass of a lithium atom
  • 27. Which statement about noble gases is correct?
A) they are highly reactive
B) they can form compounds with bright colors
C) They exist as single elements rather than molecules
D) they are rare in nature
  • 28. Semiconductors are elements that
A) can conduct electric current only under certain conditions
B) are extremely hard
C) do not form compounds
D) have large atomic masses but small atomic numbers
  • 29. Carbon and other nonmetals are found in which area of the periodic table?
A) on the left
B) on the bottom
C) on the right
D) in the middle
  • 30. Avogadro's constant in defined as the number of particles in
A) one mole of a pure substance
B) one kilogram of a pure substance.
C) one gram of a pure substance
D) one liter of a pure substance
  • 31. How many protons are in an atom of bromine?
A) 35
B) 172
C) 80
D) 79
  • 32. Explain how isotopes affect an element's average atomic mass.
الطلاب الذين أجروا هذا الاختبار خضعوا أيضًا :

تم إنشاؤها باستخدام That Quiz — حيث يتم إجراء الاختبارات والاختبارات بسهولة للرياضيات ومجالات المواد الأخرى.