Atomic History (Scientists)

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Who discovered electrons?

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J.J. Thompson

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Who was the first contributor to the atomic theory?

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Democritus

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Democritus believed that the smallest particles were atomos, the Greek word for

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uncut or indivisible

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Who proposed that the atom consists mostly of empty space? Options: Bohr, Dalton, Rutherford, Chadwick

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Rutherford

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Which scientist saw the atom as a solid sphere? Options: Dalton, Thomson, Rutherford, Bohr

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Dalton

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Who's model is this? Options: Thomson, Rutherford, Democritus, Bohr

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Thomson

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What is Neils Bohr's contribution to the atomic theory?

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Created a model of the atom with electrons moving around the nucleus in fixed orbits.

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What model is the current model of the atom?

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The Quantum Mechanical Model

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Who found that atoms have smaller parts and theorized that negative electrons are surrounded in a sphere of positive charges? Options: J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, Niels Bohr, James Chadwick

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J.J. Thomson

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Who is the person credited with the formation of the "plum pudding" model?

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Thomson