Deck 1: Atomic Structure

Question 1

What part of an atom has a negative charge?

A) quark
B) neutron
C) proton
D) electron

Answer 1

D

Question 2

What is the smallest part of an element that still retains the properties of that element?

A) an atom
B) a neutron
C) a proton
D) an electron

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What part of an atom has a positive charge?

A) quark
B) neutron
C) proton
D) electron

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A conductor is made from a material that contains between _____ valence electrons.

A) one and three
B) two and four
C) three and five
D) four and six

Question 5

What is the maximum number of valence electrons in an atom?

A) four
B) six
C) eight
D) twelve

Question 6

Matter has mass and occupies space.

Question 7

What force is demonstrated in objects with like charges?

A) attraction
B) repulsion

Question 8

The valence shell of an atom is the _____ shell.

A) inner
B) outer
C) middle
D) bottom

Question 9

Matter can exist in only two states: solid or liquid.

Question 10

What part of an atom has no charge?

A) quark
B) neutron
C) proton
D) electron

Question 11

Alternating current is described as _____.

A) omnidirectional
B) unidirectional
C) bidirectional

Question 12

Direct current is described as _____.

A) omnidirectional
B) unidirectional
C) bidirectional

Question 13

What type of current flows in only one direction?

A) direct
B) alternating

Question 14

What type of current reverses its direction of flow at regular intervals?

A) direct
B) alternating

Question 15

What force is demonstrated in objects with unlike charges?

A) attraction
B) repulsion

Question 16

The atomic number of an element is the number of _____ in the nucleus.

A) quarks
B) neutrons
C) protons
D) electrons

Question 17

A basic law of physics states that like charges _____ and opposite charges _____.

A) attract; repel
B) repel; attract
C) combine; counteract
D) counteract; combine

Question 18

What are the three principle parts of an atom?

A) electron, proton, and quark
B) neutron, positron, and electron
C) electron, neutron, and proton
D) neutron, quark, and electron

Question 19

The nucleus of an atom contains _____.

A) electrons and protons
B) electrons and quarks
C) neutrons and protons
D) neutrons and quarks

Question 20

The Greeks were the first to discover electricity about _____ years ago.

A) 100
B) 1000
C) 2500
D) 5000

Question 21

Electrical current is the flow of _____.

A) quarks
B) neutrons
C) protons
D) electrons

Question 22

Producing electricity from light involves the use of particles called _______________.

Question 23

An insulator is a material containing _____ valence electrons.

A) one or two
B) three or four
C) five or six
D) seven or eight

Question 24

A semiconductor contains _____ valence electrons.

A) three
B) four
C) five
D) seven

Question 25

The theory stating that current flow is produced when an electron from one atom knocks electrons of another atom out of orbit is generally called the _______________ theory.

Question 26

What is the most common method of producing electricity?

A) chemicals
B) friction
C) magnetism
D) light

Question 27

The smallest part of a compound that still retains the properties of that compound is a(n) _______________.