The Atom (Leaving Cert Engineering): Quizzes
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What is an atom?
What is an atom?
Basic building block of matter
Which subatomic particle has no electric charge?
Which subatomic particle has no electric charge?
Neutron
Where in an atom are protons and neutrons located?
Where in an atom are protons and neutrons located?
In the nucleus
What contains virtually all of an atom's mass?
What contains virtually all of an atom's mass?
The nucleus
What does the atomic number () represent?
What does the atomic number () represent?
Number of protons
What does the atomic number determine?
What does the atomic number determine?
What element the atom is
What are isotopes?
What are isotopes?
Same protons, different neutrons
How many times more massive is a proton than an electron?
How many times more massive is a proton than an electron?
1,836 times
Can electrons exist at any distance from the nucleus?
Can electrons exist at any distance from the nucleus?
No, only in specific energy levels
What is the maximum number of electrons in the first shell?
What is the maximum number of electrons in the first shell?
2
What does the valence shell determine?
What does the valence shell determine?
How the atom bonds with others
What is formed when an atom loses electrons?
What is formed when an atom loses electrons?
A positive ion