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Historical Development of the Atom

Authored by Patricia Dimapilis

Chemistry

10th - 12th Grade

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Historical Development of the Atom
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The first person to ever talk about an atom was

Democritus
Rutherford
Dalton

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Who stated that all atoms of the same element are exactly alike?

Democritus

Dalton

Thomson

Bohr

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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What scientist is best known for his "Plum Pudding" model of the atom?

J.J. Thomson

Ernest Rutherford

John Dalton

Democritus

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

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Rutherford's gold foil experiment provided evidence that...

negative and positive charges are spread evenly throughout the atom.
alpha particles have a positive charge.
gold is not a dense as previously thought.
there is a dense positively charged nucleus at the center of an atom.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

True or False: The majority of an atom is made up of empty space

True
False

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

What can you conclude from the fact that scientists continue to update the atomic model?

New information about atoms continues to be discovered
Old information about atoms is completely useless
Scientists did not have any information about atoms until a few years ago
Scientists still have no idea what atoms look like

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The smallest unit of an element that can exist alone and possess the properties of that element is the

proton

neutron

electron

atom

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