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Atoms and Molecules 3
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ATOMS AND MOLECULES 3
Element Symbol Atomic Molar mass/ Element Symbol Atomic Molar mass/
number (g mol1) number (g mol1)
Element Symbol Atomic Molar mass/ Element Symbol Atomic Molar mass/
number (g mol1) number (g mol1)
The value given in parenthesis is the molar mass of the isotope of largest known half-life.
ATOMS AND MOLECULES 5
Formative Assessment
ratio of 1 : 8 to form water. Which law of
ORAL QUESTIONS (Conversation Type)
combination does it demonstrate?
1. (a) Are the laws of combinations based on 8. Which parameter gives the combining capacity
conservation of energy or conservation of of an element?
mass? 9. In what form atoms of a solid exist?
(b) What is the advantage of this law in
10. What is the smallest particle of a compound
chemical reactions?
capable of stable existence?
(c) Which statement of Daltons atomic theory
11. What is a charged particle called?
is in conformity with the above law?
(d) On what accounts regarding nature of 1
12. What unit represents weight of th mass of
atoms, Daltons atomic theory fails? 12
(e) Does the fact that atom can be subdivided C-12 atom?
affect normal chemical reactions? 13. What represents the chemical composition of a
2. (a) What is an atom? compound?
(b) Do elements exist as atoms? 14. What mass represents 1 mole?
(c) How are atoms of elements represented in 15. What number represents 1 mole?
chemistry?
16. What is Avogadro number constant?
(d) What is the purpose of writing atoms by
symbols? 17. How many molecules will be present in 1 gram
(e) What is the symbol of mercury and silver? molecular mass of a substance?
3. (a) How is the mass of an atom measured? 18. How are C12 and C14 related?
(b) What is one atomic mass unit? 19. How are C14 and N14 related?
(c) Why is such a scale chosen? 20. What is the term used for mass in grams of
(d) How do you account the fractional masses 1 mole of a substance?
of many elements?
4. (a) What is valency? TRUE OR FALSE
(b) How is valency of an element determined?
(c) What is the use of valency? 1. A compound may consist of two or more
elements in varying composition.
(d) Give an example.
(e) What is molecular mass? 2. Law of conservation of mass states that energy
can neither be created nor destroyed.
3. The occurrence of isotopes leads to drawback
ORAL QUESTIONS
of Daltons atomic theory of matter.
1. Mass of reactants is equal to mass of products. 4. Lead is represented as Ld.
Which postulate of Daltons atomic theory 5. A molecule of a compound is indicative of its
demonstrates this? properties.
2. What is the Latin name and symbol of sodium? 6. Copper carbonate is a heteroatomic molecule.
3. What is the Latin name and symbol of gold?
7. Nitrate is a polyatomic anion.
4. What is the atomicity of phosphorous?
8. The molecular formula of aluminium nitrate is
5. What is the atomicity of sulphur? AlN.
6. Give the name and symbol of a triatomic 9. The atomic mass of Mg is 24 grams.
molecule. 10. One mole of a gas occupies 22.4 litres at any
7. Hydrogen and oxygen always combine in the temperature and pressure.
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QUIZ B. Across
1. Symbolic representation of a compound (7)
1. According to me a compound is composed of
3. A quantity giving 6.02 1023 molecules of a
the same elements combined together in the
compound (4)
same proportion by mass.
2. I had announced that atoms of a given element
are identical in mass and chemical properties.
3. I am the building block of an element.
4. I represent sodium as Na.
5. I am the smallest unit that gives the relative
mass of an atom.
6. I am a monoatomic molecule.
7. I am a giant molecule containing sixty carbon
atoms.
8. I decide how many atoms of two elements will
combine to form a molecule?
Down
9. I am a number that gives one gram atom of the
element. 2. A representation of an atom of an element. (6)
10. I give mass in grams of 1 mole of a substance. 4. An element with a symbol of Cr (8)
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4. State drawbacks of Daltons atomic theory of 9. Calculate the number of atoms in 1 g of copper.
matter. (Atomic mass of copper is 63.50.)
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10. How many moles of oxygen atoms are present
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5. How do atoms exist? NaNO3, H2SO4, Cl2O7
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