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1. Theaearliestaatomicatheoryaisagenerallyaassociatedawith
a. Bohr
b. Leucippus
c. Democritus
d. Dalton
ANS:a B
Althoughahisatheoryawasasomewhatavague,aLeucippusaisamostaoftenatheaearliestapersonaassociateda
withaatomicatheory.
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2. TheawordaatomaisaderivedafromatheaGreekawordaatomos,ameaning
a. nuclear
b. small
c. indivisible
d. invisible
ANS:a C
TheaGreekawordaatomosameansa―indivisible.‖
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3. Inatheaearlya1800saEnglishachemistaJohnaDaltonatheorizedathat
a. elementsaformacompounds
b. atomsaareauniqueatoaeachaelementainasizeaandamass
c. aachemicalareactionaresultsafromaatomsabeingarearranged
d. allaofatheaabove
ANS:a D
Asaaaresultaofahisaexperiments,aJohnaDaltonatheorizedathataelementsaformacompounds,aatomsaar
eauniqueatoaeachaelementainasizeaandamass,aandathataaachemicalareactionaresultsafromaatomsabein
garearranged.
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4. Discoveryaofatheaelectronaisaattributedato
a. Dalton
b. Bohr
c. Thomson
d. Rutherford
ANS:a C
JosephaJohna―J.J.‖aThomsonadeterminedathatatheaelectronawasaaanegativelyachargedapartaofatheaat
om.
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5. Thea―plumapuddingamodel‖aisaassociatedawith
a. Bohr
b. Rutherford
c. Dalton
d. Thomson
ANS:a D
Basedaonatheaphysicalaarrangementaofaraisinsainaaaplumapudding,aThomsonadescribedatheaatomaand
asurroundinganegativelya chargedaparticlesa(electrons).
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6. Theaearliestaatomicatheoryabasedaonaanaarrangementasimilaratoatheasolarasystemaisaattributedato
a. Bohr
b. Rutherford
c. Dalton
d. Thomson
ANS:a B
Rutherfordadevelopedatheatheoryathatatheaatomaconsistedaofaaaveryadenseanucleusawithasmallaelectr
onsarotatingaaround,asimilaratoatheasunaandaplanets.
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7. Theamostacommonlyaknownamodernaatomicatheoryawasadevelopedaby
a. Bohr
b. Rutherford
c. Dalton
d. Thomson
ANS:a A
NielsaBohrarefinedaRutherford’saatomicatheory,abasedaonatheasolarasystem,aintoatheamostacommonl
yaknownaatomicatheoryatoday.
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8. Theathreeafundamentalaparticlesaofatheaatomaareathe
a. element,anucleus,aandaelectron
b. electron,anucleus,aandaproton
c. neutron,aelectron,aandaproton
d. nucleus,aproton,aandaneutron
ANS:a C
Theathreeafundamentalacomponentsaofatheaatomaareatheaproton,aelectron,aandaneutron.
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9. Theaatomicanucleusacontains
a. protonsaandaneutrons
b. protonsaandaelectrons
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c. electronsaandaneutrons
d. allaofatheaabove
ANS:a A
Theaatomicanucleusacontainsavaryingaamountsaofaprotonsaandaneutrons,adependingaonatheaelement.
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10. Theacomponentaofatheanucleusathatahasaaapositiveachargeaandamassaisathe
a. electron
b. neutron
c. proton
d. noneaofatheaabove
ANS:a C
Theaprotonaisatheapartaofatheanucleusathatahasaaapositiveachargeaandamass.
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11. Theacomponentaofatheanucleusathatahasamassabutanoaelectricalachargeaisathe
a. electron
b. neutron
c. proton
d. noneaofatheaabove
ANS:a B
Theaneutronaisafoundainatheanucleus;aitaisaveryasimilaratoatheaprotonabutahasanoaelectricalachargea(ne
utral).
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12. Theafundamentalacomponentaofatheaatomathatahasatheasmallestamassaisathe
a. electron
b. neutron
c. proton
d. noneaofatheaabove
ANS:a A
Theaelectronahasasignificantlyalessamassathanatheaneutronaoraproton.
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13. Theamassaofaanaatomaisaprimarilyadueatoatheamassaofathe
a. neutrons
b. nucleus
c. electrons
d. protons
ANS:a B
Theanucleus,aconsistingaofabothaprotonsaandaneutrons,aaccountsaforatheamajorityaofatheamassaofaan
aatom.
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