
Understanding Isotopes
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Kimberly McCarter
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Understanding Isotopes
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OBJECTIVES
To define and explain isotopes
To calculate the number of neutrons in isotopes of elements
To understand and calculate average atomic mass
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ISOTOPE EXAMPLES
Here are three examples of elements and their isotopes. The pink plus represents protons and the green circle represents the neutrons. Notice that the number of protons doesn't change among the isotopes for an element.
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Multiple Choice
•Given a nuclear symbol, what does the top left number represent?
Mass Number
Atomic Number
Protons
Neutrons
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Multiple Choice
•Given a nuclear symbol, what does the bottom left number represent?
Mass Number
Atomic Number
Protons
Neutrons
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Multiple Choice
What does the number after the hyphen represent in Li-7?
Protons
Neutrons
Mass Number
Atomic Number
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Multiple Choice
•Boron consists of two isotopes, 105B and 115B, what accounts for the difference in the numbers after the hyphen?
B-10 has 5 protons while B-11 has 6 protons
B-10 has 10 protons while B-11 has 11 protons
B-10 has 5 neutrons while B-11 has 6 neutrons
B-10 has 10 neutrons while B-11 has 11 neutrons
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Multiple Choice
How many neutrons does 2512Mg have?
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25
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37
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Multiple Choice
The average atomic mass is based on the mass of all the __________ of the element.
Atoms
Neutrons
Protons
Isotopes
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Multiple Choice
To calculate the average atomic mass you must first multiple what two numbers?
Atomic number and percent abundance
Mass number and percent abundance
Atomic mass and mass number
Percent abundance by protons
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Multiple Choice
Nitrogen-14 has a percent abundance of 99.636% and Nitrogen-15 has a percent abundance of 0.364%. What is the average amount mass for Nitrogen.
13.94904
0.0546
14.003
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