Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment

Discovered the proton using the gold foil experiment. He proposed a model of an atom that had a nucleus a positive charge surrounded by a large area of empty space where electrons orbited.

• Dalton

• Thomas

• Rutherford

• Bohr

Has a positive and stays in the center of the atom.

• Electron

• Proton

• Neutron

What was the experiment that led to Rutherford's nuclear model of the atom?

• Gold foil experiment

• Oil drop experiment

• Photoelectric effect

• Compton scattering

What type of particles did Rutherford use in his scattering experiment?

• Alpha particles

• Gamma particles

• Beta particles

• Neutrons

What did Rutherford's nuclear model of atom propose in 1911?

• The majority of the mass of an atom is concentrated in a small, positively charged nucleus at the center.

• Atoms are made up of small, indivisible particles called protons and electrons.

• Electrons orbit the nucleus in a fixed path.

• Atoms are mostly empty space.

What do you call the yellow part in this image?

• Spherical Cloud of Positive Charge

• Spiral Cloud Of Positive Change

• Spherical Cloud of Negative Charge

• Spherical cloud of Electrons

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In Rutherford atomic model the alpha particles were stroked on

• Aluminium

• Gold

• Silver

• Titanium

Which scientist realized atoms are mostly empty space?

• Dalton

• Thomson

• Rutherford

• Bohr

Used the gold foil experiment to discover the nucleus of an atom. He also added protons to the atom model

• Neils Bohr

• Ernest Rutherford

• JJ Thomson

• Democritus

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What was the main conclusion of Rutherford's Gold Foil Experiment?

• Atoms are mostly empty space with a small, dense nucleus.

• Electrons are embedded in a positive sphere.

• Atoms are indivisible particles.

• Atoms have a uniform distribution of mass.

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