Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment

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8th Grade
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Lisa Thompson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Discovered the proton using the gold foil experiment. He proposed a model of an atom that had a nucleus a positive charge surrounded by a large area of empty space where electrons orbited.
Dalton
Thomas
Rutherford
Bohr
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Has a positive and stays in the center of the atom.
Electron
Proton
Neutron
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What was the experiment that led to Rutherford's nuclear model of the atom?
Gold foil experiment
Oil drop experiment
Photoelectric effect
Compton scattering
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What type of particles did Rutherford use in his scattering experiment?
Alpha particles
Gamma particles
Beta particles
Neutrons
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What did Rutherford's nuclear model of atom propose in 1911?
The majority of the mass of an atom is concentrated in a small, positively charged nucleus at the center.
Atoms are made up of small, indivisible particles called protons and electrons.
Electrons orbit the nucleus in a fixed path.
Atoms are mostly empty space.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What do you call the yellow part in this image?
Spherical Cloud of Positive Charge
Spiral Cloud Of Positive Change
Spherical Cloud of Negative Charge
Spherical cloud of Electrons
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NGSS.MS-PS1-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In Rutherford atomic model the alpha particles were stroked on
Aluminium
Gold
Silver
Titanium
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