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Introduction to Atom

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What is a proton?   a positively charged particle.  
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Who was democritus?   He believed an atom was a single hard particle.  
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WHo was aristotle?   He thought all things were compsed of: air; earth; water; and fire.  
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What is an atom?   The smallest unit of an element that maintais the properties of the element.  
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Who is John Dalton?   All substances are made of atoms.  
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Who was Joseph Thomson?   He proved the existance of negatively charged particles inside the atom.  
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Who was Ernest Rutherford?   Proved atoms are mostly space and the nucleus is very dense and has a postive electical charge.  
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Who was Bohr?   He proposed that electrons moved around an atom in a certain path or energy level.  
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Who were SHrodinger and Heisenberg?   The exact path of an electron is unpredictable.  
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What is the electron cloud?   The regions where electrons are most likely to be found.  
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What is the nucleus?   The central part of the atom which contains protons, atomic mass, neutrons, and a mass number.  
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What is the atomic number?   The number of protons in the nucleus.  
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What is a neutron?   small particles with no electrical charge.  
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What is an electron?   Negatively charged particles found outside of the atom in the electron cloud.  
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What is an ion?   an electrically charged atom or group of atoms.  
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What is an isotope?   Atoms of an element w/ the same # of protons but whose neuton # differs.  
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How does the the Gravitational force apply to atoms?   B/c atoms are so small the gravitational force is small.  
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What is the Electromagnetic Force?   Opposites arrtact. Same charges repel.  
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What is the strong force?   Prevents repulsion of protons in the nucleus.  
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What is the weak force?   A neutron can trun into a proton and an electron.  
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