WORKSHEET Semester 1 Chemistry DK014 – CHAPTER 2 1

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CHAPTER 2.1

1. Choose the best answers:

Atomic nucleus was discovered by Rutherford who observed that some electrons /
α particles are reflected at unexpected angle by thin foil made of gold. Atomic nucleus
is built of protons and electrons / neutrons, called nucleons. Proton and electron have
opposite / the same charges. Neutron and proton have almost the same / different
mass. Mass of the atom is uniformly distributed in its volume / concentrated
in the nucleus. Contribution of electrons to the overall mass of the atom is negligible /
substantial. Two nuclei of the same element must contain the same number of protons
/ nucleons. Isotopes of the same element contain the same / different number
of protons and the same / different number of neutrons. If the relative atomic mass
of oxygen is 18, this means that oxygen atom is 18 times as heavy as the 126 C atom /
12
one twelfth of 6C atom.

2. Write the symbols for the isotopes on the basis of the following data:

a) Iron (Fe), number of protons 26, number of neutrons 30

b) Silver (Ag), number of electrons 47, number of neutrons 62
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3. Based on the isotope symbols, write the number of each subatomic particles in the atom
of the isotope.

35
a) 17 Cl
208
b) 82 Pb
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4. The nuclides are 136 M , 14

6 N and 15
7 P:

a) Write the nuclides that are isotopes.

b) State the atoms that have the same number of neutrons.

5. Write the appropriate notation for each of the following nuclide:

Number of Notation for

Species
proton neutron electron nuclides
P
2 2 2
Q 1 2 0
R 1 1 1
S 7 7 10