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ASSESSMENT

THE ATOM

Name: Class: Date:

1 Indicate the sign of the charge q in the diagrams below:

a) b)

-
+

q q
 

2 State whether the following sentences are true or false. If they are false, correct them below:
a) If a body is positively charged, it has gained protons.

b) A negatively charged body has more electrons than protons.

c) All bodies contain electrons and protons.

d) A neutral body has no electrons or protons.

e) 
Electrons are gained and lost more easily than protons because they are located outside of the nucleus.

3 Look at the atom: 136C.

a) Give both its atomic number and its mass number. Now explain what these numbers mean.

b) Write the atomic number and mass number of a possible isotope of this atom. How do isotopes of an element differ from one
another?

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Name: Class: Date:

4 Complete the following table:

Atomic No. of No. of No. of


Symbol Z A
species protons electrons neutrons
16
Oxygen O
8

Sodium 23 11

Helium 2 2
14
7 N

Fluoride ion 9 19

20 40 18

Demonstrate the relationship between Z, A and the number of neutrons for the atomic species in the table:
A = Z - No. of neutrons

5 There are three known isotopes of the element uranium: 23924U, 23952U and 23982U, which occur naturally in the following
proportions:
• 234
92 U " 0.0057 %
• 235
92 U " 0.72 %
• 238
92 U " 99.27 %
a) 
What is the atomic mass of uranium?


b) Which of the isotopes above has radioactive properties?


c) 
What are these properties?

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