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Chapter 08
Atoms and Periodic Properties
1. Elements in the same row of the periodic table exhibit similar chemical properties.
FALSE
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.05
Topic: Periodic Properties
2. The word halogen comes from the Greek, meaning salt-former.

TRUE
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.05
Topic: Atomic Elements
3. J.J. Thomson discovered that cathode rays were really a stream of electrons.
TRUE
Bloom's Level: 3. Apply
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
Topic: Atomic Structure
4. Millikan found that all of the oil droplets in his apparatus carried a charge that was an integer multiple of one particular
value.
TRUE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
5. The atomic number of an element is the total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus.
FALSE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
6. Einstein proposed that electrons on the surface of a metal gradually absorb energy from photons until they have enough
energy to leave the surface.
FALSE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
7. An electron moves from one orbital to another only when it absorbs or emits energy.
TRUE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
8. Heisenberg's uncertainty principle says that you cannot know the momentum or the position of an electron exactly.
FALSE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
9. Protons and neutrons have about the same mass.

TRUE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
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10. Protons are so much more massive than electrons that you can neglect the mass of electrons when determining the total
mass of an atom.
TRUE
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
11. John Dalton reasoned that atoms exist from the evidence that
A. there are numerous, tiny empty spaces in matter.
B. elements always combined in certain fixed ratios.
C. elements could not be broken down into simpler substances.
D. matter was homogeneous.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
12. J. J. Thomson reasoned that cathode rays were really charged particles because
A. a magnet deflected cathode rays.
B. cathode rays formed only when the air was pumped out of a discharge tube.
C. the properties of the cathode rays depended on the cathode material.
D. the cathode rays were attracted to the anode.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
13. When Rutherford found that a few of a stream of alpha particles fired at a thin layer of gold foil were widely deflected,
he concluded that
A. gold was an element, not a compound as previously believed.
B. atoms are solid, with spaces between them.
C. atoms are electrically neutral.
D. the positive charge in an atom is concentrated in a tiny nucleus.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
14. Robert Millikan discovered that

A. the charge to mass ratio of electrons was constant.
B. the electron carries the smallest unit of electrical charge.
C. the oil droplets all carried the same amount of charge.
D. the electrons contained most of the mass of an atom.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
15. Rutherford concluded from his calculations that the volume of an atom
A. is filled with protons, neutrons and electrons.
B. is mostly protons, with electrons revolving around the outside.
C. is filled with electrons.
D. is mostly empty space.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
16. The atomic number of an element is the number of

A. protons.
B. protons and neutrons.
C. protons and electrons.
D. all the particles in the atom.
Gradable: automatic
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Section: 08.01
17. Neutrally charged atoms of a given element all have the same
A. number of protons.
B. atomic number.
C. number of electrons.
D. All of the above.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
18. Atoms in an electrically charged incandescent gas

A. emit all frequencies of light in a continuous spectrum.
B. emit different frequencies of light depending on its temperature.
C. emit characteristic frequencies of light.
D. absorb, rather than emit light.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
Topic: Atomic Elements
19. The fact that four emitted wavelengths in the Balmer series fit a regular pattern was evidence supporting the idea that
A. electrons could exist in only four energy states in a hydrogen atom.
B. there must be four electrons in each hydrogen atom.
C. electrons could only gain or lose specific amounts of energy in hydrogen atoms.
D. electrons were continuously losing energy.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
20. Niels Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom

A. was controversial because it contradicted accepted principles of physics.
B. held that electrons existed in allowed orbits and nowhere else.
C. accounted for the observed spectrum in hydrogen.
D. All of the above.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
21. According to the quantum mechanical model, electrons are best imagined to exist in
A. circular orbits.
B. elliptical orbits.
C. orbitals.
D. wavy orbits.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
Topic: Quantum Theory
22. The quantum mechanical model of the atom differs from the Bohr model in that it
A. considers the electron as a particle.
B. considers the electron as a wave.
C. predicts the specific location of the electron in an atom.
D. states that electrons can only exist at specific distances from the nucleus.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
23. The proposal that matter, like light, exhibits wavelike behavior was
A. verified in diffraction experiments with a beam of electrons.
B. never tested since it was known to be impossible.
C. shown to be theoretically possible, but never verified by experiment.
D. verified by physical measurements of a moving baseball.
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Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
24. The maximum number of electrons that can have the principal quantum number 2 in a given atom is
A. 2.
B. 4.
C. 8.
D. it varies from atom to atom.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.04
25. The energy of a photon of light emitted by an electron equals the

A. energy of the level it currently occupies.
B. energy of the level it just left.
C. energy of the ground state of the atom.
D. difference in energy between two levels.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
26. Photons of which of the following colors of light possess the greatest amount of energy?
A. blue
B. green
C. yellow
D. red
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.02
27. In the Bohr model of the atom, the energy state of an electron could be described with one number. The quantum
mechanical model of the atom requires how many numbers to do the same?
A. 4
B. 2
C. 1
D. It varies from atom to atom.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.03
28. In the notation "2p4", the 4 refers to the

A. energy level of the electron.
B. number of p orbitals in the 2nd energy level.
C. number of electrons in the 2p sublevel.
D. number of electrons in a single 2p orbital.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.04
29. Isotopes of an element are atoms that have

A. the same number of protons, but a different number of electron.
B. the same number of neutrons, but a different number of protons.
C. the same number of protons, but a different number of neutrons.
D. equal numbers of protons and neutrons.
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
30. Identify the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom of .
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A. 9 protons, 10 neutrons and 9 electrons
B. 9 protons, 10 neutrons and 10 electrons
C. 9 protons, 19 neutrons and 9 electrons
D. 10 protons, 9 neutrons and 10 electrons
Gradable: automatic
Section: 08.01
Category # of Questions
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation 30
Bloom's Level: 2. Understand 10
Bloom's Level: 3. Apply 6
Bloom's Level: 4. Analyze 14
Gradable: automatic 30
Section: 08.01 14
Section: 08.02 6
Section: 08.03 6
Section: 08.04 2
Section: 08.05 2
Topic: Atomic Elements 2
Topic: Atomic Structure 20
Topic: Periodic Properties 4
Topic: Quantum Theory 4
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2. The word halogen comes from the Greek, meaning salt-former.

9. Protons and neutrons have about the same mass.

14. Robert Millikan discovered that

16. The atomic number of an element is the number of

18. Atoms in an electrically charged incandescent gas

20. Niels Bohr's model of the hydrogen atom

25. The energy of a photon of light emitted by an electron equals the

28. In the notation "2p4", the 4 refers to the

29. Isotopes of an element are atoms that have

30. Identify the number of protons, neutrons and electrons in an atom of .

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