DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
Topic: ATOMIC STRUCTURE
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NAME: ……………………………………………………….. CLASS: VIII/…..
1. One atom of an element contains 12 electrons, 12 protons and 13 neutrons. How many
nucleons does this atom contain?
A. 12 B. 13 C. 24 D. 25
2. Which diagram represents one helium atom?
3. The diagram shows some properties of particles in an atom. To which labelled part of
the diagram do electrons belong?
4. Which information about an element is given by its atomic number?
A. the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom of an element
B. the number of particles in the nucleus of an atom of an element
C. the relative mass of one atom of an element
D. the total number of particles in one atom of an element
5. Part of the Periodic Table is shown. Which element is a metal?
6. Which option describes the electronic configurations of three different elements from
the same group of the Periodic Table?
A. 2 2,2 2,8,8,2
B. 2 2,8 2,8,2
C. 2,1 2,8,1 2,8,8,1
D. 2,1 2,2 2,3
7. What is the nucleon number of an atom?
A. the number of neutrons
B. the number of protons
C. the total number of protons and neutrons
D. the total number of protons and electrons
8. An atom has three electron shells. There are three electrons in the outer shell. How
many protons and how many neutrons are in this atom?
Protons Neutrons
A 13 14
B 13 27
C 14 13
D 21 24
18 2−
9. Which row shows the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in the ion 8𝑂 ?
Protons Neutrons Electrons
A 10 8 8
B 8 10 8
C 10 8 10
D 8 10 10
[Link] statements about atoms are listed.
1. The centre of an atom is positively charged.
2. Protons and electrons are located in the nucleus.
3. Protons and electrons have the same mass.
4. Most of the mass of an atom is in the nucleus.
Which statement are correct?
A. 1 and 2 B. 1 and 4 C. 2 and 3 D. 3 and 4
[Link] atom of element R contains 15 protons, 16 neutrons and 15 electrons. What is R?
A. gallium B. phosphorus C. sulfur D. zinc
19
[Link] statement about an atom of fluorine, 9𝐹 , is correct?
A. It contains a total of 28 protons, neutrons and electrons.
B. It contains more protons than neutrons.
C. Its isotopes contain different numbers of protons.
D. Its nucleus contains 9 neutrons.
[Link] question is about atomic structure and the Periodic Table.
(a) Define the term nucleon number.
Total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom.
(b) State the connection between the number of occupied electron shells in an atom
and the period number.
Period number = number of occupied shells
(c) Write the electronic configuration of the following atom and ion.
28
14𝑆𝑖 : 2,8,4
37 −
17𝐶𝑙 : 2,8,8
(d) Complete the table:
Atom or ion Number of Number of Number of
protons neutrons electrons
23
11𝑁𝑎 11 12 11
19 −
9𝐹 9 10 10
69 3+
31𝐺𝑎 31 38 28
[Link] atom of phosphorus is represented by the symbol shown.
35
15𝑃
Describe this atom of phosphorus in terms of:
The position of the electrons, neutrons and protons in the atom
Electrons: outside the nucleus
Protons and neutrons: in the nucleus
The number of neutrons and the number of protons.
Neutrons : 35 – 15 = 20
Protons: 15
The electronic configuration
2,8,5
[Link] questions refer to the electronic configurations below. All of these are the
electronic configurations of neutral atoms.
A 2, 4
B 2, 8, 8
C 2, 8, 8, 2
(a) Which of these atoms belongs to group 4 of the Periodic Table? A
(b) Which of these atoms is in Period 4 of the Periodic Table? C
(c) State how many protons are present on the element B. 18
(d) Element D has one more electron than element B. Draw a diagram to show how
the electrons are arranged on an atom of D.