PS01A Pre Quiz - Matter and Atoms

Matter has _________ and volume
1. smell
2. color
3. mass
4. distance
Matter cannot be ____________ nor destroyed.
1. colored
2. mutated
3. created
4. changed
Dalton said that the atoms of different elements differ in mass and other properties.
1. true
2. false
The Smallest part of matter is an atom.
1. true
2. false
This is NOT a part of an atom - it is a place where atomic particles are found.
1. electron
2. nucleus
3. proton
4. neutron
John Dalton found that two gasses can combine in a special way to form a new ________ like water.
1. element
2. state
3. matter
4. compound
Dalton said that atoms are indivisible - they were not ____________ but were rearranged.
1. colored
2. smelled
3. destroyed
4. melted
______________________ orbit the nucleus like planets orbit the Sun.
1. Protons
2. Neutrons
3. Electrons
4. Nuclear tides
A proton has this charge in an atom.
1. positive
2. negative
3. no charge - neutral
4. sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
Atoms of the same ________ are the same.
1. element
2. smell
3. color
4. location
Atoms combine in the same ratio in a(n) ________ there are always the same ratio of atoms.
1. element
2. compound
3. electron
4. nucleus
The _____________ is in the center of an atom and has the bulk of the mass.
1. negative charge
2. positive charge
3. electron
4. nucleus
Chemical bonds hold ___________ together in a compound.
1. atoms
2. electrons
3. nucleus
4. protons
A neutron has this charge in an atom.
1. positive
2. negative
3. no charge
4. sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
A electron has this charge in an atom.
1. positive
2. negative
3. no charge - neutral
4. sometimes positive, sometimes negative.
A neutral atom must have exactly one electron for every proton.
1. false
2. true
If a neutral atom has 2 protons, it must have ___________ electrons.
1. 0
2. 1
3. 2
4. 3
Atoms that are held together in a chemical bond in a compound share _________________ .
1. protons
2. neutrons
3. electrons
4. nucleus

PS01A Pre Quiz - Matter and Atoms

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