PS Quiz Three - Atom Guys & KMT

Which person gave us the name for the "atom", the smallest part of matter?

• Democritus
• John Dalton
• JJ Thomson
• Ernest Rutherford
• Neils Bohr

Which person believed that atoms were small, solid spheres?

• John Dalton
• Democritus
• JJ Thomson
• Ernest Rutherford
• Neils Bohr

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Which person believed that atoms had negative particles inside a positive ball?

• JJ Thomson
• Democritus
• John Dalton
• Ernest Rutherford
• Neils Bohr

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Which person said that the atom was mostly empty space?

• Ernest Rutherford
• Democritus
• John Dalton
• JJ Thomson
• Neils Bohr

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Which person said that the electrons of the atom orbited the nucleus in distinct energy rings, like the solar system?

• Neils Bohr
• Democritus
• John Dalton
• JJ Thomson
• Ernest Rutherford

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Which person discovered the neutron?

• James Chadwick
• Democritus
• John Dalton
• JJ Thomson
• Ernest Rutherford

Which person is credited with our modern, 3-D model of the atom?

• Erwin Schrodinger
• Democritus
• John Dalton
• JJ Thomson
• Ernest Rutherford

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What are the particles that make up an atom? Choose all that are correct. (3 answers)

• Electrons
• Protons
• Neutrons
• Plutons
• Neptrons

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Which particle has a positive charge?

• Protons
• Plutons
• Electrons
• Neutrons
• Neptrons

Which particle has a negative charge?

• Electrons
• Plutons
• Protons
• Neutrons
• Neptrons