Chemistry

Structure of the Atom

Question:

State one use of radioactive isotopes in industry.

Answer:

To detect the leakage in underground oil pipelines, gas pipelines
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Structure of the Atom

Q 1.

Compare an electron, a proton and a neutron in respect of their relative masses and charges.

Q 2.

What do you think would be the observation if the ?-particle scattering experiment is carried out using a foil of a metal other than gold?

Q 3.

Fill in the blanks :
Anode rays are also called ___________.

Q 4.

Who discovered protons?

Q 5.

Fill in the blanks :
In the three fundamental sub-atomic particles, _________ are negatively charged, _________ are positively charged and ____________ have no charges.

Q 6.

What is the relationship between an atom containing 11 protons, 11 electrons and 11 neutrons, and another atom containing 11 protons, 11 electrons and 12 neutrons ?

Q 7.

What is the absolute mass and charge of a proton ?

Q 8.

Describe briefly Thomson's model of an atom.

Q 9.

How many times is a proton heavier than an electron ?

Q 10.

On the basis of Rutherford’s model of an atom, which subatomic particle is present in the nucleus of an atom?

Q 11.

What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the L shell of an atom

Q 12.

What is mass number?

Q 13.

What is ionization energy?

Q 14.

Give one use each of the following radioactive isotopes :
(a)Uranium-235 (b) Cobalt-60

Q 15.

State the number of electrons present in the outermost shell of the atoms of the following elements :
(i) Neon(ii)Chlorine

Q 16.

What is the maximum number of electrons an M shell of the atom can accommodate ?

Q 17.

If an atom contains one electron and one proton, will it carry any charge or not?

Q 18.

What is a neutron ? State its relative mass and charge.

Q 19.

Fill in the blanks :
Atoms are made up of __________, ___________ and __________.

Q 20.

Write a short note on Nucleus.

Q 21.

Fill in the blanks :
______ are atoms of the same element, which have same number of protons but different mass numbers.

Q 22.

Name the radioactive isotope which is used in the treatment of cancer.

Q 23.

Fill in the blanks :
Atomic number is equal to _____________.

Q 24.

Fill in the blanks :
The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in L-shell are _______.

Q 25.

What is the maximum number of electrons that can go into the N shell of an atom ?

Q 26.

State one use of radioactive isotopes in medicine.

Q 27.

What name is given to those isotopes which have unstable nuclei and emit various types of radiations ?

Q 28.

Fill in the blanks :
The fundamental particle not present in hydrogen atom is __________.

Q 29.

Fill in the blanks :
Nucleons are __________ and ___________.

Q 30.

Fill in the blanks :
The mass number of an atom is equal to the number of ________ in its nucleus.

Q 31.

What is the maximum number of electrons which can be accommodated in the K shell of an atom

Q 32.

Which shell of an atom can accommodate a maximum of
(a) 8 electrons?

Q 33.

What is a proton ? How does it differ from a neutron ?

Q 34.

How does an electron differ from a neutron ?

Q 35.

(a) Describe Bohr's model of the atom. How did Neils Bohr explain the stability of atom ?
(b) An element has an atomic number of 11 and its mass number is 23. What is the arrangement of electrons in the shells ? State nuclear composition of an atom of the element.

Q 36.

State one use of radioactive isotopes in industry.

Q 37.

What name is given to those atoms which contain the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons ?

Q 38.

(a)What are valence electrons ? Where are valence electrons situated in an atom ?
(b)What is the number of valence electrons in the atoms of an element having atomic number 13 ? Name the Valency shell of this atom.

Q 39.

Name the fundamental particle not present in the nucleus of hydrogen atom

Q 40.

What were the observations of Rutherford's ?-scattering experiment?

Q 41.

What were the important features of atomic model based on Rutherford's scattering experiment?

Q 42.

Fill in the blanks :
________ rays are negatively charged.

Q 43.

Fill in the blanks :
The _________ of an atom is dense, small in size and is positively charged.

Q 44.

Fill in the blanks :
Co-60 a radio isotope is used in treatment of __________.

Q 45.

Name the particles which actually determine the mass of an atom.

Q 46.

What do you understand by the term 'electronic configuration' of an element ? Write down the electron configuration of oxygen (At. No. = 8).

Q 47.

State whether the following statement is true or false :
Radioactive isotope of iodine is used for making the medicine called tincture iodine.

Q 48.

Fill in the following blanks in respect of an atom of an element :
No.of
protons
No.of
neutrons
Mass numberAtomic
number
No.of
electrons
Valency
1112................................

Q 49.

What valencies will be shown by the elements A, B, C, D and E having atomic numbers 2, 4, 8, 10, and 13 respectively.

Q 50.

Given that the percentage abundance of the isotope 2010Ne, is 90% and that of the isotope 2210Ne, is 10%,calculate the average atomic mass of neon.