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Chemistry Test
Atoms

1. An atom is: 6. Calcium has 20 protons, how

a. The largest unit of matter many electrons does it have?
b. The combination of two or a. 20
more elements b. 40
c. The smallest unit of matter c. 60
d. A positively charged particle d. 2

2. Atoms are made up of what three 7. Every atom has a nucleus that is
subatomic particles? made of:
a. Element, compound, and a. Protons and electrons
isotope b. Neutrons and protons
b. Proton, neutron, and c. Protons and neutrons
electron d. Neutrons and electrons
c. Proton, nucleus, and
element 8. What is Neon’s atomic mass?
d. Element, nucleus, and a. 4.0026
neutron b. 6.941
c. 20.179
3. Which element is more like gold? d. 178.49
a. Copper
b. Hydrogen 9. An element’s atomic mass is:
c. Mercury a. The average masses of all
d. Krypton the isotopes of that element
b. The number of protons and
4. Every element has a different neutrons in the nucleus
atomic number. Why is this? c. The smallest unit of matter
a. Every element has a d. The negatively charged
different number of protons particles
b. Every element is the same
c. Every element has a 10. How many neutrons does
different number of Carbon have in its nucleus?
neutrons and electrons a. 6
d. Every element is similar in b. 16
properties c. 30
d. 121
5. All atoms have the same number
of:
a. Protons and neutrons
b. Neutrons and electrons 11. Elements in the same
c. Neutrons and protons _________ have similar properties.
d. Protons and electrons a. Location
 b. Period c. Negatively charged particles
c. Group in the nucleus of an atom
d. Alphabet d. Neutrally charged particles
“floating” around the
12. A proton is: nucleus
a. A neutrally charged particle
in the nucleus of an atom 18. Protons make the nucleus of
b. A positively charged particle an atom
in the nucleus of an atom a. Positively charged
c. A negatively charged b. Negatively charged
particle in the nucleus of an c. Not charged at all
atom d. Sometimes positively
d. A positively charged particle charged
floating around the nucleus
19. Sometimes atoms of the
13. List the number of protons, same element have different
neutrons, and electrons for the versions of itself. The atoms
element: Phosphorus always have the same numbers of
Protons= _______ protons but have different
Neutrons= ________ numbers of neutrons. This is
Electrons= ________ called:
a. An element
14. Compounds are: b. An atom
a. Made up of elements c. An isotope
b. Made up of only one type of d. Atomic mass
atom
c. Made up of only two atoms 20. The compound, FeO2 has which
of one element elements involved?
d. Not possible a. Iron and Cobalt
b. Iron and Oxygen
15. Which element is more like c. Iodine and Oxygen
Radium? d. Iridium and Osmium
a. Manganese
b. Magnesium 21. Electrons are:
c. Lithium a. Neutrally charged particles
d. Radon in the nucleus of an atom
b. Negatively charged particles
16. Each element on the floating around the nucleus
periodic table is made up of: c. Positively charged particles
a. Elements in the nucleus
b. Only one type of atom d. Negatively charged particles
c. Only two atoms of different in the nucleus
elements
d. Air
17. Neutrons are:
a. Neutrally charged particles
in the nucleus of an atom 22. What is Lead’s atomic
b. Positively charged particles mass?
in the nucleus of an atom a. 55.847
b. 82
 c. 207.2 b. Mass number
d. 101 c. Atomic mass
d. Isotope
23. How many atoms of oxygen are in
the compound: C6H12O6 29. How many neutrons are in an
a. 2 atom of Fluorine?
b. 4 a. 3
c. 6 b. 30
d. 12 c. 10
d. 136
24. How many protons does
Mercury have in one atom? 30. Matter is:
a. 87 a. Anything that has mass
b. 11 b. Anything that takes up
c. 109 space
d. 80 c. Anything that has weight
and volume
25. Which element is more like d. Anything that has mass and
Titanium? takes up space
a. Zirconium
b. Cesium Bonus: (2 pts)
c. Bismuth Write a chemical formula that
d. Bromine includes 3 Aluminum atoms, 1Sulfur
atom, and 4 Oxygen atoms.
26. Scientists classify matter in
which two ways?
a. What it is made of and how
it behaves
b. What it is made of and
where it is located
c. What it smells like and how
heavy it is
d. What it looks like and how it
behaves

27. What group is Carbon

located in?
a. 1
b. 12
c. 14
d. 18

28. When the atomic mass of an

element is rounded to the nearest
whole number, what is that
called?
a. Atomic number