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2010 Sec 3 Chemistry Workbook Answers: Exercise 2: Atomic Structure
2010 Sec 3 Chemistry Workbook Answers: Exercise 2: Atomic Structure
2010 Sec 3 Chemistry Workbook Answers: Exercise 2: Atomic Structure
Section A
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
C A A D C C D A D A
Section B
1(a) Proton number is the number of protons that the atom has in the nucleus.
1(b) Nucleon number is the total number of protons and neutrons that the atom has in
the nucleus.
2(a) 19 19 20 2,8,8,1
37 17 17 2,8,7
3(a) Lithium
3(b) proton number: 3 mass number: 9
3(c) diagram with structure 2,1
4(a) Arsenic
4(b) 2,8,18,5
5(a) Isotopes are atoms of the same element with the same number of protons and
electrons, but different number of neutrons.
(b) Similar chemical properties. The electronic configuration of isotopes are identical
hence the chemical reactions they undergo would also be identical.
(c)(i) The difference in boiling point is because D2O has a higher molecular mass than
H2O
(c)(ii) The boiling point of T2O would be higher than 100°C.
(d) The 37 means that chlorine has a total of 37 protons and neutrons in the nucleus.