STRUCTURE OF ATOM

1. Very few alpha particles are deflected back in the Rutherford’s Scattering Experiment It
proves that :

a) Nucleus Is Small

b) Nucleus is Positively charged.

c) Nucleus is Dense and Hard.

d) No Conclusion can be drawn.

Assessment :This is one mark question.There is only one correct answer and the child will get
one mark for ticking the correct answer.

2. The atom of an element has 3 electrons in the M-Shell. What is its atomic number?

a)13 b)3 c)5 d)20

Assessment :This is one mark question.There is only one correct answer and the child will get
one mark for ticking the correct answer.

3. Fill Ups using these clues:

Electrons , Protons, Neutrons, Octet , Mass Number ,Atomic Number

a)________are present in nucleus of all atoms ,except Hydrogen.( 1H1).

b)The Mass of an _________is considered to be negligible and its charge is minus one.

c)If there are 11 electrons and 12 protons ,then the ____________of a particular neutral atom is
23.

d)In a neutral atom, no. of protons ,no. of electrons and __________are equal.

e)In charged particles ,atomic number is equal to 15 then its number of_________are

also 15.

f)An outermost shell which had eight electrons was said to possess an _________.

Assessment : This is three mark question. There is only one correct answer and the child will
get half mark for filling in the correct answer in the fill up..
4.Match the column A with column B

Column A Column B

1.40Ca20 , 40Ar18 a)Z

2.35Cl17, 37Cl17 b)A

3. Atomic no. is represented by c)Isobars

4. Mass no. is represented by d)Isotopes

Assessment :This is four mark question.There is only one mark for each part and no
explanation required.

5.Tick the correct statement:

a) Niel’s Bohr proposed that electrons are distributed in different shells with discrete energy
around nucleus.

b) The stability of the atom could be explained by Rutherford’s model of an atom.

c) J.J Thomson proposed that electrons are embedded in a positive sphere.

d) An Isotope of Iodine is used in the treatment of cancer.

Assessment :This is one mark question. There is only one correct answer and the child will get
one mark for ticking the correct answer.

6. Write the distribution of electrons in phosphorous and aluminium atom.

Draw the Bohr’s model of the above two.

Assessment :This is three mark question. There is half mark for writing the electronic
distribution of both elements and one mark each for drawing the correct model for both atoms.

Activity: Draw atomic structures based on the information provided for some species,
mentioned below:

a) Z=9
b) A=20 ,n=10 (when e=p)
c) p=13 (no. of electrons are 3 less than number of protons)
d) Z=16 and number of electrons are 2 more than number of protons.

Assessment :Children will be able to correlate between atomic number ,Mass Number ,
Electrons and Protons.They will be able to draw atomic structures for cations ,anions
,and neutral atoms. 1 Mark each will be given for calculating the right number of electrons and 1
mark for drawing atomic structure correctly.