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Periodic Table
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first Element found? | Phosphorus was found by Hennig Brand in 1649. |
| Who proposed the idea of atoms being the smallest particle of an element? | A Greek philosopher named Democritus. |
| How did the Atomic theory grow? | Atomic theory grew as a series of models that developed from experimental evidence.As more evidence was collected, the theory and models were revised. |
| What was Dalton's theory? | Dalton thought that atoms were like smooth, hard balls that could not be broken into smaller pieces. |
| Who found a pattern in the Periodic table? | Mendeleev. He noticed that a pattern of properties appeared when he arranged the elements in order of increasing atomic mass. |
| How is the periodic table arranged? | A periodic table is an arrangements of elements showing the repeating of their properties. |