Atomic Models

This was the first model of the atom ever proposed. It was simple and described atoms as tiny spheres that could not be broken down into smaller pieces.

• Dalton's "Billiard Ball" Model

• The "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom
• The "Rutherford Model" of the atom
• The "Quantum Mechanical Model" of the atom

This is the most complete and current model of the atom. It consists of 61 elementary particles. Electrons are located in complex orbitals.

• The "Quantum Model" of the atom

• The "Rutherford Model" of the atom
• The "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom
• The "Bohr Model" of the atom

This model this model was the first to show a nucleus, consisting of protons and neutron.  Electrons surround the nucleus but are not shown in distinct energy levels. 

• The "Nuclear Model" by Rutherford

• The "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom by Thomson

• The "Quantum Mechanical Modell" of the atom by Heisenberg

• Democritus's model of the atom

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This model added on to previous models by showing electrons existed at certain "energy levels". It is often called the Planetary Model.

• The "Bohr Planetary Model" of the atom

• The "Rutherford Model" of the atom
• The "Plumb Pudding Model" of the atom
• The "Quantum Mechanical Model" of the atom

This model was developed after J.J. Thompson discovered electrons, a particle smaller than an atom. Is shows electrons floating freely in a positive space.

• The "Plum Pudding Model" of the atom
• The "Rutherford Model" of the atom
• Democritus's model of the atom
• The "Quantum Mechanical Model" of the atom

Ernest Rutherford discovered that atoms were mostly _________________. 

• negatively charged
• positively charged
• electrons
• empty space. 

Idea was of an indivisible particle of matter he called "atomos"

• John Dalton
• Aristotle
• Democritus
• Plato

Who discovered the nucleus consisted of protons and neutrons?

• Democritus
• Robert Millikan
• James Chadwick
• Ernest Rutherford

Which scientist stated that all of the atoms of the same element (hydrogen) are identical, but atoms from different elements (oxygen/nitrogen) are different sizes?

• Dalton

• Thomson

• Aristotle

• Democritus

• Proust

Who named the positive center of the atom the "nucleus?"

• Democritus

• Dalton

• Thomson

• Rutherford