The History of the Atom

Who improved upon Rutherford's model of the atom by putting electrons in specific energy levels?

• Erwin Schrodinger
• Werner Heisenberg
• Louis de Broglie
• Niels Bohr

What did Rutherford help with during World War 1?

• Antisubmarine research
• Atomic bomb research
• Chemical warfare research
• Nuclear energy research

What did Rutherford become the Director of in 1919?

• Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory
• Oxford University's Chemistry Department
• McGill University's Physics Department
• Harvard University's Research Center

What did Rutherford name the two forms of radioactivity he discovered?

• Alpha and beta
• Gamma and delta
• Alpha and gamma
• Beta and delta

What did Schrodinger's equation for particle-wave duality give a probability density for?

• The location of an electron
• The spin of an electron
• The velocity of an electron
• The energy of an electron

What did Max Born discover about Schrodinger's equation?

• It gives a probability density for the energy of an electron.
• It gives a probability density for the location of an electron.
• It gives the exact velocity of an electron.
• It gives the exact location of an electron.

What did Rutherford change nitrogen atoms into by bombarding them with alpha particles?

• Hydrogen atoms
• Nitrogen atoms
• Oxygen atoms
• Carbon atoms

What did Rutherford discover about the decay of heavier radioactive atoms?

• They decay into lighter atoms.
• They decay into heavier atoms.
• They decay into different elements.
• They do not decay at all.

What did Rutherford name the emissions from radioactive atoms?

• Alpha and beta
• Beta and delta
• Gamma and delta
• Alpha and gamma

What did Rutherford discover while conducting experiments with thorium?

• Radon
• Uranium
• Plutonium
• Radium