Atomic Structure Review M.A. PDF

## M.A. Atomic Structure Review You can use a periodic table on this entire test. I'll have one available at the front of the room as well. Expect to see questions like the ones below, I am planning to swap out the specific elements and values for the test. 1. What is the atomic number of an elem...

## M.A. Atomic Structure Review You can use a periodic table on this entire test. I'll have one available at the front of the room as well. Expect to see questions like the ones below, I am planning to swap out the specific elements and values for the test. 1. What is the atomic number of an element? 2. Be able to identify the atomic symbol of an element? 3. What is the atomic mass of an element? 4. What is an isotope? 5. Which of the following particles has a negative charge? 6. What is the charge of a cation? 7. What is the charge of an anion? 8. Give an example of a cation? 9. Give an example of an anion? 10. An atom has 1 proton, 2 neutrons, and 3 electrons. What is its atomic number? 11. Be able to identify the atomic mass using a periodic table. 12. Which of the following elements are an isotope of hydrogen? 13. Be able to identify the number of protons an atom has using the periodic table 14. Which of the following particles is present in the nucleus of an atom? 15. Which of the following ions has a 2+ charge? 16. Which of the following ions has a 2- charge? 17. An atom has 3 protons, 2 neutrons, and 1 electron. What is its charge? 18. What is the atomic number of an element that has 8 protons, 2 neutrons, and 8 electrons? 19. Which particle determines the identity of an element? 20. What is the atomic mass of a proton? 21. What is the atomic mass of an electron? 22. What is an energy level? 23. Know what a valence electron is and how many valence electrons an element has using the periodic table. 24. Be able to identify the location of the Alkali Metals, Alkaline Earth Metals, Transition Metals, Metalloids, Halogens, and Noble Gasses on the periodic table. 25. Explain what neutrons do for an atom. 26. Why do we say that the atom is the smallest unique particle of matter? 27. How does the atomic mass of a proton compare with the atomic mass of a neutron? 28. What is the difference between how we're learning about atoms and how scientists actually explain atoms?