3º Eso. Turn in Work.1
3º Eso. Turn in Work.1
3º Eso. Turn in Work.1
ASSESSMENT
THE ATOM
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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.
e)
Electrons are gained and lost more easily than protons because they are located outside of the nucleus.
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?
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?