FER: Atomic Structure

Which scientist saw the atom as a solid sphere?

• Dalton
• Thomson
• Rutherford
• Bohr

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Discovered the electron

• J J thomson
• Dalton
• Chadwick
• Rutherford

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

• Bohr
• Dalton
• Heisenberg
• J J thomson

Did the gold foil experiment

• Rutherford
• Dalton
• Democritus
• Heisenberg

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Hypothesized that the atom was a tiny hard sphere

• Dalton

• Rutherford

• Democritus

• J J thomson

Used the cathode ray tube in his discovery

• J J thompson
• Dalton
• Chadwick
• Democritus

Created the “plum pudding” model of the atom

• J J Thompson
• Chadwick
• Dalton
• Democritus

Described the atom as solid and positive with negative particles scattered throughout randomly (like a plum pudding or chocolate chip cookie)

• Rutherford

• Thomson

• Planck

• Bohr

Proposed that matter is made up of fundamental particles called atoms. He called them atomos

• Democritus

• Aristotle

• Chadwick

• Rutherford

What was Rutherford experimenting with that led him to his discovery?

• Triple beam

• Electron clouds

• Gold foil

• Cathode rays