Question

Fill in the blanks in the following statements (a) The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom is called its ....................
(b) The total number of protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an atom is called its ....................
(c) An atom has atomic mass number 23 and atomic number 11. The atom has .................... electrons.
(d) An atom of an element has 11 protons, 11 electrons and 12 neutrons. The atomic mass of the atom is ....................
(e) If the nucleus of an atom has atomic number 17, mass number 37 and there are 17 electrons outside the nucleus, the number of neutrons in it is ....................
(f) Almost all the mass of an atom is concentrated in a small region of space called the ....................
(g) Cathode rays are a beam of fast moving ....................
(h) The anode rays obtained from hydrogen gas consist of particles called ....................
(i) The maximum number of electrons that can be accommodated in L shell are ....................
(j) The maximum number of electrons that can go into the M shell is ....................
(k) The subatomic particle not present in a hydrogen atom is ....................
(l) The electron has .................... charge, the proton has .................... charge, and the neutron has .................... charge.

Answer 1

Answer:

(a) atomic number (Z)

(b) atomic mass or mass number (A)

(c) 11 electron

(d) 23

(e) 20

(f) nucleus

(g) electron

(h) proton

(i) 8

(j) 18

(k) neutron

(l) negative, positive,0 no charge