History of the Atom

History of the Atom

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Multiple Choice

Which scientist is given credit for discovering the electron?

• Bohr

• Dalton

• Thomson

• Rutherford

Multiple Choice

Who discovered that electrons travel in specific orbits around the nucleus?

• Bohr

• Schrodinger

• Democritus

• Rutherford

Multiple Choice

Who was the first person to say that matter was made of atoms, and these atoms could not be created or destroyed?

• Dalton

• Democritus

• Rutherford

• Thomson

Multiple Choice

Whose model of the atom is known as the "plum pudding" model (aka the "chocolate chip cookie" model)?

• Rutherford

• Schrodinger

• Dalton

• Thomson

Multiple Choice

Whose gold foil experiment led to his conclusion that the nucleus of an atom contained protons?

• Rutherford

• Bohr

• Thomson

• Dalton

Multiple Choice

Who developed the idea that electrons are found in a cloud?

• Bohr

• Dalton

• Schrodinger

• Rutherford

Multiple Choice

Whose model of the atom is represented in the image?

• Thomson

• Bohr

• Dalton

• Rutherford

Multiple Choice

Whose model is the most modern interpretation of an atom?

• Dalton

• Democritus

• Rutherford

• Schrodinger