- 1. Which subatomic particle has a positive charge?
A) Proton
B) Positron
C) Neutron
D) Electron
- 2. Which particle is responsible for chemical bonding?
A) Electron
B) Proton
C) Neutron
D) Positron
- 3. What is the atomic number equal to in an atom?
A) Number of electrons
B) Number of neutrons
C) Number of protons
D) Mass number
- 4. Which subatomic particle is involved in the process of beta decay?
A) Positron
B) Proton
C) Neutron
D) Electron
- 5. How many electrons can occupy the first energy level of an atom?
A) 8
B) 2
C) 4
D) 1
- 6. What is the tendency of electrons to fill the lowest energy levels first called?
A) Hund's rule
B) Electronegativity
C) Pauli exclusion principle
D) Aufbau principle
- 7. Which scientist is credited with the discovery of the electron?
A) Ernest Rutherford
B) Niels Bohr
C) Marie Curie
D) J.J. Thomson
- 8. What is the term for an atom that has lost or gained electrons?
A) Molecule
B) Covalent
C) Ion
D) Isotope
- 9. In an atom, what is the relationship between the number of protons and electrons?
A) Electrons are greater
B) Equal
C) Protons are greater
D) Variable
- 10. What happens to an atom when it gains an electron?
A) It becomes negatively charged
B) It loses mass
C) It becomes radioactive
D) It becomes a cation
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