Basic Atomic Structure Worksheet
1. The 3 particles of the atom are: Their respective charges are:
Proton Positive
a. ________________________ a. ________________________
Neutron
b. ________________________ Neutral
b. ________________________
Electron
c. ________________________ Negative
c. ________________________
Word Bank:
amount atomic number neutrons
atomic mass name nucleus
atomic mass charge protons
atomic mass electrons same
Atomic number
1. The number of protons in one atom of an element determines the atom’s _________________, and the
charge
number of electrons determines the _________________________ of the element.
protons
2. The atomic number tells you the number of ___________________________ in one atom of an element.
electrons
It also tells you the number of __________________________ in a neutral atom of that element. The
atomic number gives the “identity” of an element as well as its location on the periodic table. No two
same
different elements will have the ____________________ atomic number.
atomic mass
3. The ______________________ of an element is the average mass of an element’s naturally occurring
amount
atom, or isotopes, taking into account the ____________________ of each isotope.
atomic mass
4. The _______________________ of an element is the total number of protons and neutrons in the
nucleus
___________________ of the atom.
neutrons
5. The atomic mass is used to calculate the number of ______________________ in one atom of an element.
atomic mass
In order to calculate the number of neutrons you must subtract the ______________________ from the
atomic number
______________________.
Basic Atomic Structure Worksheet
7. Give the symbol of and the number of protons in one atom of:
Li 35
Br __________________
● Lithium _____, 3
__________________ ● Bromine _____,
Fe __________________
26 29
Cu __________________
● Iron _____, ● Copper _____,
O 8 Hg 80
● Oxygen _____, __________________ ● Mercury _____, __________________
36
Kr __________________ 2
He __________________
● Krypton _____, ● Helium _____,
8. Give the symbol of and the number of electrons in a neutral atom of:
● Uranium 92
U __________________
_____, ● Xenon _____, 54
Xe __________________
B 5 Fe __________________
26
● Boron _____, __________________ ● Iron _____,
Cl 12
Mg __________________
● Chlorine _____, __________________
17 ● Magnesium _____,
● Iodine I
_____, 53
__________________ ● Hydrogen H
_____, 1
__________________
9. Give the symbol of and the number of neutrons in one atom of:
(Mass numbers are ALWAYS whole numbers...show your calculations)
● Barium Ba __________________
_____, 137-56 = 81 ● Calcium Ca __________________
_____, 40-20=20
C 12-6=6 201-80=121
Hg __________________
● Carbon _____, __________________ ● Mercury _____,
F __________________
19-9=10 Mg 24-12=12
● Fluorine _____, ● Magnesium _____, __________________
Bi __________________
209-83=126 H 1-1=0
● Bismuth _____, ● Hydrogen _____, __________________
10. Name the element which has the following numbers of particles:
a. 26 electrons, 29 neutrons, 26 protons Iron
_______________________________
b. 53 protons, 74 neutrons Iodine
_______________________________
c. 2 electrons (neutral atoms) Helium
_______________________________
Calcium
d. 20 protons _______________________________
e. 86 electrons, 125 neutrons, 82 protons Lead
_______________________________
f. 0 neutrons Hydrogen
_______________________________
11. If you know ONLY the following information can you ALWAYS determine what the element is? (Yes/No)
Yes
a. Number of protons _______________________________
No
b. Number of neutrons _______________________________
Yes
c. Number of electrons in a neutral atom _______________________________
No
d. Number of electrons _______________________________
Basic Atomic Structure Worksheet
12. Fill in the missing items in the table below.
NAME SYMBOL ATOMIC # ATOMIC # of # of Electrons # of Neutron
MASS PROTONS
Calcium Na 20 40 20 20 20
Chlorine Cl 17 35.5 17 17 18
Potassium K 19 39 19 19 20
Phosphorus P 15 31 15 15 16
Iron Fe 26 56 26 26 30
Sulfur S 16 32.1 16 16 16
Silver Ag 47 108 47 47 61
Potassium K 19 39 19 19 20
Tungsten W 74 184 74 74 110
C 6 12 6 6 6
Carbon
Calcium Ca 20 40.1 20 20 20
Gold Au 79 197 79 79 79
Argon Ar 18 39.9 18 18 18
