Nuclear principles in engineering quiz

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Nuclear Principles in Engineering Quiz

Test your knowledge of nuclear principles and engineering fundamentals with our comprehensive quiz. This quiz covers a range of topics, including atomic models, electron behaviors, and the principles governing chemical reactions.

Prepare to challenge yourself with questions that will enhance your understanding of important concepts!

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35 Questions9 MinutesCreated by AnalyzingAtom105

According to the law of definite proprtions , when two elements combine to create a chemical compound they combine in variable ratios by wheight

True

False

Cathode rays are produced between two plates in a glass tube filled with high density gas

True

False

The atomic model that described how all elements were composed of indivisible particles ,is :

The plum pudding atomic model

The cannonball atomic model

The planetary atomic model

Bohr atomic model

The velocity of electrons is one tenth the velocity of light

True

False

The repulsive force between an alpha particle and a positive nucleus is inversely proportional to the product of their charges.

True

False

In a neutral nucleus , the number of electrons is equal to the number of neutrons

True

False

The distance from the nucleus perpendicular to the line of approach of the incident particle , this is :

Impact parameter

Closest point of approach

Ratherford scattering formula

Based on the planetary atomic model , rutherford was able to define the angular distribution of the scattered alpha particles

True

False

Large-angle scattering departed from rutherford's scattering formula

True

False

Light is emitted as well as absorbed in discrete quanta of energy

True

False

The angular momentum of the electrons in their orbits is not quantized

True

False

When electrons move from one orbit to another , they never cross the space between the orbits

True

False

An electron jumps to a higher orbit when the atom absorbs a photon

True

False

An electron in its stationary orbit doesn't radiate energy as long as its not disturbed

True

False

According to newtons second law of motion , the coulomb force of attraction is equal to the electrons centripetal force .

True

False

The distribution of light as a function of its frequency or its wavelength , this is :

Spectrum

Absorption photons

X -ray

The Rydberg energy is equal to the energy of the ground state in a hydrogen atom

True

False

The transition to the first excited state corresponds to Balmer series

True

False

A process in which an electron is discharged from the atom, this is called excitation

True

False

In the case of ionization ,the electron will have a kinetic energy equal to the difference between the photon's initial energy and the ionization potential

True

False

The attractive force of the nucleus diminishes due to the presence of the outer electrons (screening factor)

True

False

Orbitals with the same (n) and (L) are equal in energy

True

False

Orbitals with the same (n) and (L) are equal in energy and they are called :

Degenerate orbits

Penetrating orbits

Stationary orbits

The ground state of a hydrogen atom has zero angular momentum (L)

True

False

No two electrons in any atom can share the same set of four quantum numbers , this is

The pauli exclusion princible

The aufbau princible

(S) orbits are also called penetrating orbits

True

False

In the periodic table, the sixth shell elements are called lanthanides

True

False

The excitation energies of the outer electrons are called optical excitations

True

False

The atomic radius represents the distance between the nucleus and the innermost electrons

True

False

The size of the atom increases with an increase in the number of electrons in a group

True

False

One mole of any substance contains (, avogadro's number) of molecules

True

False

The weight in grams of 1 mole of a substance is numerically equal to its molecular weight.

True

False

The unified atomic mass unit (amu) is exactly one half of the mass of a carbon (C) atom

True

False

The total number of nucleons in a nucleus is:

Atomic number

Atomic mass number

Atomic wieght

The average of isotope weights is :

Atomic number

Atomic mass number

Atomic wieght

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