Atomic structure

• Atoms for ions by transferring which type of atomic particle


  Electrons
• True or false? In the plum pudding model of the atom, the atom is a ball of positive charge with electrons surrounding it


  False - electrons are embedded in it
• Name the particle that an atom can lose or gain in order to form a charged ion


  Electron
• What name is given to atoms of the same element that have different number of neutrons


  Isotopes
• True or false? Most of an atom are empty space


  True
• In the plum pudding model, what subatomic particle is the equivalent of a raisin in a plum pudding?


  Electrons
• The discovery of which subatomic particle led to the plum pudding model of the atom?


  Electrons
• what subatomic particle was discovered next after the electron?


  Proton
• If an atom absorbs electromagnetic radiation, its electrons can move to a ______ energy level. Which word completes the sentence?


  Higher
• In an atom, the number of protons is always equal to the number of what?


  Neutrons
• Will two different isotopes of the same element have the same atomic number?


  Yes
• What is the overall electrical charge of an atom with an equal number of protons and electrons?


  0
• What one word completes this sentence? In an atom the number of electrons is always equal to the number of ___?


  Protons