Imelda National High School

Imelda, Zamboanga Sibugay

SELF-INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL

ATOMS : ARE
YOU IN?
Mrs. Esmeralda D. Gamil
Teacher 1
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Determine Atoms: Booklet Grade 8 Science This self-Instructional Material Average,
the number of Are aims to enhance knowledge of slow
protons, you in? students about atoms. This will
neutrons, and help the students to understand
electrons in a what really atoms is.
particular After the end of this topic the
atom. students will be able to
illustrate atoms, differentiate
components of the atoms, how
do these components arrange.
And relate the importance of
atoms to our daily life.
 What happened?
PRETEST
1. What do you called of the positive charge of an atom
a. neutron b. proton c. electron d. none of these
2. Who proposed the plum pudding model?
a. J.J. Thomson b. Ernest Rutherford c. Ernest Marsden c. Wilhelm Geiger
3. Atoms are stable if it has :
a. Equal number of protons and neutrons
b. Equal number of neutrons and electrons
c. Equal number of protons and electrons
d. Unequal number of protons and electrons
4. How will you identified an isotopes?
a. through its atomic number
b. through its electronegativity
c. through its ionization energy
d. through its mass number
5. When an atom gain or lost electrons, what will happen to an atom?
a. Become an ion b. Become an electron c. Become a proton d. Become a neutron
6. If an atom has 5 protons, how many electrons does this atom have?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
 What happened?
7. Isotope Nitrogen-14 has 7 protons, how many are the electron and
neutrons?
a. 6 electrons and 6 neutrons c. 7 electrons and 7neutrons
b. 7 electrons and 6 neutrons d. 5 electrons and 7 neutrons
8. Using the periodic table what element with an atomic number of 15?
a. Carbon b. lithium c. sodium d. phosphorus
9. Among all the elements, which element has the smallest number of protons
in its atom?
a. Hydrogenb. Helium c. Carbon d. Lithium
10. The isotope Boron has 5 # of proton, does it has also 5 # of electrons ? (If
the answer is no, give the correct answer)
a. Yes b. No c. Yes
 What happened?
11. The isotope Magnesium -24 has 24 # of electrons? How many are the protons?
a. 20 b. 23 c. 25 d. 24
12. Among the elements sodium, Silver, Selenium, Potassium, hydrogen which of
these has the highest atomic mass?
a. Sodium b. Selenium c. Silver d. Hydrogen
13. Which statement below is correct?
a. Fluorine has 10 neutrons and 9 protons
b. Fluorine has 9 neutrons and 10 protons
c. Fluorine has 9 neutrons and 9 protons
d. Fluorine has 10 neutrons and 10 protons
14-15 .Write the correct shorthand notation of the element hydrogen and helium
respectively.
 TABLE OF SPECIFICATION
TOPIC No. of No. of Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Days Items
Taught

Atoms: Are 10 HRS. 15 1,2 3,4,5, 6,7,8 9,10,11 12,13 14,15

you in?
 What do you need to know?

.
Atoms, of which all objects are Objects are
made, are electrical in nature. Atoms electrically
contain particles with positive and neutral, or simply,
negative charges. The proton carries a neutral, but they
positive charge (+1). The electron carries
carry electrical
a negative charge (-1). Atoms, in their
most stable state are neutral with an charges.
equal number of protons and electrons.
 Some properties of the three main subatomic particles
Subatomic
What do you need to
Mass, Location in the
particle Charge
grams Atom know?
(symbol)

Electrons (e-) -1
9.109 x 10-
Outside nucleus
Electrons are very much
28
lighter than the protons
and neutrons, to the
1.672 x 10-
Protons (p+) +1 24 Nucleus point that its mass does
not significantly
Neutrons (n0) 0
1.675 x 10- Nucleus contribute to the mass of
24
the entire atom. In effect,
the mass of the electron
The nucleons,
the protons and is negligible.
tightly packed neutrons are called
together, form the
nucleus in the nucleons.
center of the atom.
 What do you need to know? A group of scientists
composed of Ernest
Towards the 19th century, J.J. Rutherford, Johannes
Thomson was able to discover that "Hans" Wilhelm Geiger
atoms have negatively-charged and Ernest Marsden
particles, which he called electrons. tested Thomson’s model
It led him to propose a new model by bombarding a very
for the atom, which he called the thin sheet of gold foil
plum pudding model. with positively-charged
alpha particles. Their
experiment is referred to
as the alpha particle
The nuclear model by scattering experiment.
Rutherford. This model
replaced the one
proposed by Thomson
and is the model that
we hold to this time,
with respect to the
placement of the
nucleus in the atom.
 Do you know that…….. All atoms of an
What we do know, however, are the
following: (1) The electron although it element contain the
is negatively charged does not same number of
collapse into the positively charged protons in their
nucleus; (2) There is attraction nuclei. This number is
between the nucleus and the electron,
the element’s atomic
evidence of which is that energy is
required to remove an electron from number
the atom.
The isotopes are identified
A shorthand through their mass number
notation for which is the sum of the number
isotope includes of protons and the number of
Atoms having the same
neutrons in an atom.
the element’s number of protons but
symbol and mass different number of
neutrons are referred as
number, for isotopes.
instance, Ca-40.
 What have you learned?

Activity1
Activity 1. Fill out the missing data on the table below

Subatomic particle (symbol) Charge Mass, grams Location in the Atom

Electrons (e-) 9.109 x 10-28 Outside nucleus

Protons (p+) +1 Nucleus

Neutrons (n0) 1.675 x 10-24

 Activity 2 Complete the
table below.

Isotope Element Name # of p+ # of e- # of n0 Charge

B-6 Boron 5 1 0

N-14 Nitrogen 7 0

Fluorine 9 10 -1
Neon 10 10
Mg-24 12 10
Al-27 +3
Si-28 14
S-32 0
K-35 +1
 Post test
1. What do you called of the positive charge of an atom
a. neutron b. proton c. electron d. none of these
2. Who proposed the plum pudding model?
a. J.J. Thomson b. Ernest Rutherford c. Ernest Marsden c. Wilhelm Geiger
3. Atoms are stable if it has :
a. Equal number of protons and neutrons
b. Equal number of neutrons and electrons
c. Equal number of protons and electrons
d. Unequal number of protons and electrons
4. How will you identified an isotopes?
a. through its atomic number
b. through its electronegativity
c. through its ionization energy
d. through its mass number
5. When an atom gain or lost electrons, what will happen to an atom?
a. Become an ion b. Become an electron c. Become a proton d. Become a neutron
6. If an atom has 5 protons, how many electrons does this atom have?
a. 4 b. 5 c. 6 d. 7
 Post test
7. Isotope Nitrogen-14 has 7 protons, how many are the electron and
neutrons?
a. 6 electrons and 6 neutrons c. 7 electrons and 7neutrons
b. 7 electrons and 6 neutrons d. 5 electrons and 7 neutrons
8. Using the periodic table what element with an atomic number of 15?
a. Carbon b. lithium c. sodium d. phosphorus
9. Among all the elements, which element has the smallest number of protons
in its atom?
a. Hydrogenb. Helium c. Carbon d. Lithium
10. The isotope Boron has 5 # of proton, does it has also 5 # of electrons ? (If
the answer is no, give the correct answer)
a. Yes b. No c. Yes
 Post test
11. The isotope Magnesium -24 has 24 # of electrons? How many are the
protons?
a. 20 b. 23 c. 25 d. 24
12. Among the elements sodium, Silver, Selenium, Potassium, hydrogen which
of these has the highest atomic mass?
a. Sodium b. Selenium c. Silver d. Hydrogen
13. Which statement below is correct?
a. Fluorine has 10 neutrons and 9 protons
b. Fluorine has 9 neutrons and 10 protons
c. Fluorine has 9 neutrons and 9 protons
d. Fluorine has 10 neutrons and 10 protons
14-15 .Write the correct shorthand notation of the element hydrogen and
helium respectively.
Answer Card Subatomic
Location in the
particle Charge Mass, grams
Atom
Pretest/Posttest Activity
(symbol)

Electrons (e-) -1 9.109 x 10-28 Outside nucleus

1
1.A 11.D Protons (p+) +1 1.672 x 10-24 Nucleus

2. A
3.C
12.C Neutrons (n0) 0 1.675 x 10-24
Nucleus

4. D 13.c Isotope Element Name # of p+ # of e- # of n0 Charge

5.A B-6 Boron 5 1 0
14. 1 H +!
6.b.
7.c.
15. 2 He-1 N-14 Nitrogen 7 7 7 0

8.D F-19 Fluorine 9 10 10 -1

9. A Ne-20 Neon 10 10 10 0
10.C Activity 2 Mg-24 Magnesium 12 10 12 +2
Al-27 Aluminum 13 10 14 +3
Si-28 Silicon 14 14 14
S-32 Sulfur 16 16 16 0
K-35 Potassium 19 18 16 +1
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