Ancient Scientists
Modern Scientists
Ions and Isotopes
Parts of the Atom
Electromagnetic Spectrum
100

Who first proposed matter was made of atoms?

Democritus

100

Who discovered the neutron, in 1932?

Chadwick

100

When an ion has formed, what happened to the atom?

It gained or lost electrons.

100

What particle does the atomic number represent?

Number of protons

100

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the least energy?

Radio waves

200

Who stated that matter is continuous, and called it "hyle"?

Aristotle

200

Who experimented with emission spectra and found out how far the energy levels are from the nucleus?

Bohr

200

Which particle does an isotope have more (or less) of than the most common form of that element?

Neutrons

200

What does the Atomic Mass represent - in terms of subatomic particles?

Number of protons plus neutrons.

200

Which part of the electromagnetic spectrum has the most energy?

Gamma Rays

300

Who discovered the electron by bending a stream of electricity with a magnet?

Thomson

300

Explain Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle.

You can't measure both the position and velocity of an electron at the same time.

300

How many neutrons does Mercury-201 have?

121 neutrons

300

How many electrons can fit in an orbital (Schrodinger's orbitals)?

2

300

Which part (color) of the visible light spectrum has the least energy?

Red

400

Who discovered the nucleus with the Gold Foil Experiment?

Rutherford

400

Who explained atomic fission to scientists that first achieved it?

Meitner

400

What is the charge of the ion of phosphorus?

3-

400

What are the three subatomic particles? Where do they live? What are their charges?

Proton, nucleus, 1+

Neutron, neutral, 0

Electron, energy levels/orbitals, 1-

400

Which part (color) of the visible light spectrum has the most energy?

Purple

500

What were the four points of Dalton's Atomic theory?

- Matter is made of indivisible, indestructible atoms

- Atoms of the same element are identical, atoms of different elements differ in size and mass

- Atoms combine in whole number ratios to for compounds

- Chemical reactions are a rearrangement of the atoms in compounds.

500

Explain de Broglie's Wave-Particle Duality of Nature.

Electrons can exhibit both wave and particle properties.

500

Draw the Bohr Model of the ion of Aluminum-28

P = 13, N = 15, E = 10

500

How many energy levels does a phosphorus atom have? How many orbitals does it have?

3 energy levels, 8 orbitals

500

How is an emission spectra produced from atoms?

When electrons fall from an excited state orbital to a ground state orbital, they release energy as light that we see in the emission spectra.