Atomic Structure and History

How the idea of the atom evolvedJ.

14 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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In 440 BCE, _________ thought that everything was made up of the 4 elements, air,water, earth, fire
Aristotle & Plato
In 440 BCE, __________ believed that all matter was made up of teen uncuttable particles called atomos.
Democritus
John Dalton (1766-1804) Dalton's Atomic Theory  
1. All matter is made of atoms 2.Atoms are indivisible 3. An element is only made up of one type of atom 4.Atoms join in Whole # ratios in compounds. 5. Atoms are never created or destroyed in any chemical reaction
In 1906 __________ proved that atoms are positively charged with negatively charged particles, called electrons, scattered throughout. He showed this in his "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom.
J.J. Thomson
Plum Pudding Model of an atom
Answer 5
By J.J. Thomson
In 1908, ______ proved that an atom is mostly empty space with a VERY smail, dense, +positively charged core, called a nucleus, in the middle, with electrons randomly orbiting it.
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford's Model of an atom
Answer 7
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In 1913 __________ said that electrons travel in energy levels around a nucleus. see "the story of the atom" sht.EDIT
Niels Bohr
In 1920, ___________ found problems in Niels Bohr's model: an electron's exact location can't be determined since electrons move so quickly. They came up with the electron cloud model.
DeBrogle & Shrodinger
Electron Cloud Model
Answer 10

darker the shading, the likelier chance of finding an electron. 
In ____, scientists found that the nucleus is made up of protons, which have a + charge, and neutrons which are neutral.
Answer 11
1932
In _________, scientists found that protons and neutrons are held together by particles called mesons.
Answer 12
1947
In _____, scientists found that protons and neutrons are made up of quarks and that they're held together by gluons.
Answer 13
1968
6 different types of quarks:
Up, Down, Strange, Charm, Top, and Bottom