Skip to content
science chapter 4 important questions
- What are cations and anions.
- What is Thomson’s model of atom? What is its drawback?
- What are isobars? Comment on their physical and chemical properties.
- Give any three important characteristics of cathode rays.
- Give any two proofs to show that electrons are universal constituent of all atoms.
- What was drawback of Ruttherford’s model of atom?
- How was electron discovered? Explain briefly.
- How was proton discovered? Explain briefly.
- Write the important features of Bohr’s model of atom.
- How was neutron discovered? Explain briefly.
- What are isotopes? Give their important applications.
- Write the electronic configuration of potassium atom (Atomic number of potassium=19). What will be its valency?
- Write the isotopes of hydrogen and give their names.
- What do you think would be the observation if the alpha-particle scattering experiment is carried out using a foil of a metal other than gold?
- Which isotope is used in the treatment of cancer?
- The atom of an element has 2 electrons in the M-shell. What is its atomic number? Name the element.
- On the basis of Thomson’s model of an atom, explain how the atom is neutral as a whole.
- What do you understand by ground state and excited state of an atom?
- Give at least three proofs to show that electrons are present in all atoms.