The Development of Atomic Theory

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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who thought that atoms were tiny, solid spheres with no smaller particles within them. and also predicted that atoms could not be destroyed?
Democritus
Aristotle
Plato
Thomson
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who proposed atomic theory in 1808?
Democritus
Jon Dalton
Ernest Rutherford
J J Thomson
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NGSS.HS-PS1-7
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In 1808, John Dalton proposed his atomic theory. Recall which of the following statements is one of the main ideas of Dalton's atomic theory.
Atoms are solid spheres
All matter is composed of indivisible atoms
Atoms are made up of smaller charged particles
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NGSS.HS-PS1-7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Who proposed a model of the atom that is now called the plum pudding model?
J J Thomson
Ernest Rutherford
James Chadwick
John Dalton
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Rutherford carried out an experiment where he fired a stream of alpha particles at a very thin sheet of gold foil. He found that most of the alpha particles passed straight through the foil, while some were deflected at a small angle and some were deflected directly back.
Rutherford carried out an experiment where he fired a stream of alpha particles at a very thin sheet of gold foil. He found that most of the alpha particles passed straight through the foil, while some were deflected at a small angle and some were deflected directly back.
Specify what this experiment told Rutherford about the structure of the atom.
Atoms are indivisible solid spheres
All atter is made up of atoms
Electrons are scattered through a positive shpere
Atoms have a small, dense and posititvely charged nucleus at the centre.
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NGSS.HS-PS1-8
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The main ideas of Dalton's theory were:
1. All matter is composed of ------------ atoms.
2. All the atoms of a given element are ---------.
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NGSS.MS-PS1-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Name the first person to propose the idea of atoms.
Socrates
Plato
Democritus
Aristotle
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