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History of Atomic Models

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Whose model suggested that negative particles were mixed in with positively charged material - like seeds in a watermelon?

a)

J.J. Thomson

b)

Ernest Rutherford

c)

Niels Bohr

d)

Albert Einstein

2.

Who discovered that the atom had an small, dense, positively charged center?

a)

Ernest Rutherford

b)

J.J Thomson

c)

Robert Millikan

d)

John Dalton

3.

Place the following atomic models in order, from earliest to latest:


A) Rutherford B) Thomson C) Dalton

a)

B, C, A

b)

C, A, B

c)

A, C, B

d)

C, B, A

4.
What can you conclude from the fact that scientists continue to update the atomic model?
a)
New information about atoms continues to be discovered
b)
Old information about atoms is completely useless
c)
Scientists did not have any information about atoms until a few years ago
d)
Scientists still have no idea what atoms look like
5.

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

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

6.

Which scientists believed an atom was indivisible? (Choose all correct responses.)

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

7.

Which scientist discovered that the atom has parts - which means it can be divided?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

8.

Which scientist first suggested that atoms could join?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

9.

Which scientist believed that elements differed from one another because their atoms had different mass?

a)

Democritus

b)

Dalton

c)

Thomson

d)

Rutherford

10.

In the atomic model nicknamed the "plum pudding" model, what do the plums represent?

a)

the nucleus

b)

the atom

c)

the electrons

d)

the positive material

11.

Which scientist proposed a new atomic model after discovering the electron in 1897?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

12.

Who discovered that atoms are mostly empty space?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

13.

Which scientist was the first to benefit from the Lavoisier's efforts to define pure substances in the 1700's?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr

14.

In the model nicknamed "the solar system model" what are the electrons like?

a)

the sun

b)

the nucleus

c)

the planets

d)

the moon

15.

Who proposed that electrons move around the nucleus in circular orbits?

a)

Dalton

b)

Thomson

c)

Rutherford

d)

Bohr