Isotopes
Hyphenated Symbol
Nuclear Symbol
Atomic Mass
Most Abundant?
100

Isotopes have the same ____ but different ___.

atomic number (number of protons), mass number (number of protons + neutrons)

100

What does 14 stand for in the isotope carbon-14?

Mass number

100

The nuclear symbol for aluminum with a mass of 27.

1327Al

100

Copper 63  69.17%
Copper 65  30.83%

63.546 amu

100

Calcium has six isotopes Ca-40, Ca-42, Ca-43, Ca-44, Ca-46 and Ca-48. Given an average atomic mass of 40.078, which isotope of Calcium has the highest percent abundance?

Ca-40

200

True or False... Isotopes of an element have different number of neutrons.

True

200

What is the hyphenated symbol of this isotope?

Aluminum-27 or Al-27

200

Write the nuclear symbol for the isotope with P=11, N=12.

2311Na

200

Eu-151  47.81%
Eu-153  52.19%

151.96 amu

200

Which is the most abundant isotope of helium?

He-3 or He-4

He-4

300

Why are Carbon-12 and Carbon-14 isotopes?

They have the same atomic number (number of protons).

300

The number of neutrons in silver-108.

61

300

Write the nuclear symbol for lead-208.

82208Pb

300

N-14      99.632%
N-15      0.368%

14.007 amu

300

What is the most abundant isotope of oxygen?

oxygen-16

oxygen-17

oxygen-18

oxygen-16

400

Why are these two atoms not isotopes?

They have different atomic numbers.

400

A magnesium atom has 12 protons and 15 neutrons

Magnesium-27

400

The nuclear symbol for an isotope with N=82 P=60.

14260Nd

400

lead-204     1.4%
lead-206     24.1%
lead-207     22.1%
lead-208     52.4%

207.2 amu

400

Which isotope is the most abundant?

Re-187
Re-185

Re-187

500

True or False... Atom A has 13 protons and 14 neutrons. Atom B has 14 protons and 13 neutrons. 

Atom A and Atom B are isotopes.

False. Isotopes have the same number of protons.

500

The hyphen notation name for an isotope with 46 electrons and 61 neutrons.

palladium-107?

500

Write the nuclear symbol for an isotope with N=125 and E=84. 

20984Po

500

Uranium-234      0.0055%
Uranium-235      0.7200%
Uranium-238      99.2745%

238.03 amu

500

Which is the most abundant isotope of selenium?

Se-74
Se-76
Se-77
Se-78
Se-82

Se-78