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Atomic Scientists
Scientists and their Atomic Discoveries
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Modern scientist that said all elements are made of tiny indivisible particles called atoms. | Dalton |
| All atoms of a given element are identical in mass and properties. | Dalton |
| Chemical reactions rearrange atoms but do not create, destroy, or convert atoms from one element to another. | Dalton |
| Greek who thought there was no limit to the number of times matter could be divided. | Aristotle |
| Greek who thought all matter consisted of extremely tiny particles that could not be divided. | Democritus |
| Atoms are the smallest particle of an element. | Dalton |
| Credited with discovering the electron | J.J. Thomson |
| Plum pudding model | J.J. Thomson |
| Claimed ❑The nucleus is small. ❑ The nucleus is dense. ❑ The nucleus is positively charged Basically discovered the nucleus. | Rutherford |
| Said that the size of the atom comes mostly from the space occupied by the electrons. He believed the electrons traveled in orbits around the nucleus | Bohr |
| The mass of the atom comes mostly from the nucleus. | Bohr |
| Credited with discovering the proton. | Rutherford |
| Gold foil experiment | Rutherford |
| Cathode Ray tube experiment | J.J. Thomson |
| He claimed electrons are very light and fast. They are not organized along orbits around the nucleus. | Modern Atomic Theory |
| Except for mass, virtually every property of atoms is determined by electrons, including size and chemical bonding. | Modern Atomic Theory |
| He devised the Quantum Mechanical Model of electrons as waves. | Schrödinger |
| He postulated that positively charged protons and neutral neutrons bound together as the atom's nucleus, with negatively charged electrons occupying energy levels surrounding the nucleus. | Chadwick |
| He is credited with discovering the neutron. | Chadwick |