C1 - Atomic Structure

Question 1

What are the 3 subatomic particles that atoms are made up from?

Answer 1

Neutrons protons and electrons

Question 2

What is an element?

Answer 2

Something made up of ONE atom

Question 3

What is a compound?

Answer 3

Compounds contain two or more different elements combined chemically

Question 4

What is a mixture?

Answer 4

A mixture has different elements but they aren’t chemically combined

Question 5

What is a molecule?

Answer 5

A molecules has any elements chemically combined

Question 6

What charge does a proton atom have?

Answer 6

+1

Question 7

What charge does a neutron have?

Answer 7

No charge

Question 8

What charge does a electron have?

Answer 8

-1

Question 9

What are protons equal to?

Answer 9

Electrons

Question 10

What does the bottom number tell you on the periodic table?

Answer 10

How many protons there are

Question 11

How do you workout how many neutrons there are in an element?

Answer 11

You do: the atomic number - the mass number

Question 12

What is an isotope?

Answer 12

An isotope has the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons

Question 13

Work out how many protons neutrons electrons there are in:
Boron
Tin
Silver
Cobalt

Answer 13

Boron= P AND E= 5 N=6
Tin= P AND E= 50 N=69
Silver= P AND E= 47 N=61
Cobalt= P AND E= 27 N=32

Question 13

What is an ion?

Answer 13

They are atoms that have an overall charge that have gained or lost electrons

Question 14

What happens to a positive ion?

Answer 14

Loses electroms

Question 15

What happens to a negative ion?

Answer 15

They gain electrons

Question 16

Work out how many subatomic particles there are in oxygen 2- and aluminum 3+

Answer 16

Oxygen: protons=8 electrons=10 neutrons= 8 aluminu=protons=13 electrons=10 neutrons=14

Question 17

Who thought of the idea of the plum pudding model? Draw out how it would have looked

Answer 17

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Question 18

How many electrons can you have on the 1st 2nd and 3rd shell?

Answer 18

2 8 and 8